Ward, Seth (1)




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1861  308  1631 (160) 1
1862  317  1638 (158) 0
1863  327  1644 (156) 0
1864  337  1650 (154) 0
1865  391  1657 (152) 0
1866  433  1663 (149) 1
1867  405  1672 (148) 0
1868  426  1681 (147) 0
1869  426  1690 (145) 0
1870  485  1699 (143) 0
1871  529  1708 (141) 0
1872  551  1717 (139) 0
1873  578  1726 (136) 0
1874  634  1735 (134) 0
1875  660  1744 (131) 0
1876  630  1752 (127) 0
1877  562  1761 (124) 0
1878  550  1770 (120) 2
1879  543  1787 (118) 0
1880  569  1803 (115) 0
1881  621  1819 (112) 0
1882  653  1835 (109) 0
1883  692  1851 (105) 0
1884  742  1868 (100) 0
1885  687  1884 (95) 0
1886  653  1900 (88) 0
1887  619  1916 (80) 0
1888  609  1933 (70) 12
1889  593  1938 (79) 0
1890  623  1944 (86) 0
1891  625  1950 (92) 0
1892  650  1955 (96) 0
1893  648  1961 (100) 0
1894  638  1967 (103) 0
1895  630  1972 (105) 2
1896  627  1967 (109) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Ward, Seth (1)  
   Also known as: Seth Ward, sen.
Born: 1834
Died: 22 Jan. 1903
 
Notes:
Gaige gives date of birth as 1835. Steve Mann gives date of birth as 1834 and date of baptism as 02-11-1834. I am assuming that the 'S. Ward' who was at the West Yorkshire Chess Association annual meeting in May 1866 (Illustrated London News, 9 June 1866, p.571) is the 'Seth Ward' who was at the Bradford 1888 tournament. Gaige also has a younger Seth Ward, 1870-1912, who would have been about 18 in 1888? I am also tentatively identifying the player named 'Ward' in the West Yorkshire Chess Association 2nd Class tournament of 1861 as the elder Seth Ward.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 456
   Whyld, English Tournaments, page 13
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 85
Periodicals
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1865, page 184
   [CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 156
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1393, 4 June 1865, page 6
   [Era], vol. 32, no. 1655, 12 June 1870, page 5
   [ILN], vol. 48, no. 1374, 9 June 1866, page 571
   [LeM], vol. 121, no. 14369, 28 Apr. 1884, page 7
   [LeM], no. 14685, 2 May 1885, page 7
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Seth Ward (senior)]

Tournament data

Leeds 1861 (2)     West Yorkshire Chess Association Second Class Tournament    
  Ward, S. (1) - Heald     0 - 1    
Leeds 1866 (3)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - Tournament 3    
  Ward, S. (1) - Fieldsend, T.     0 - 1    
Bradford 1878     Bradford - Manchester Athenaeum Club Match    
  Ward, S. (1) - Wood, E.H.     0 - 2    
Bradford 1888 (2)     British Chess Association Amateur Championship     5.5  /  12
Halifax 1895     10th Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A    
  Ward, S. (1) - Brown, I.M.     1 - 0    
  Ward, S. (1) - Elson, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Harrogate 1896     Harrogate Club Tournament     22.5  /  26

Player information updated: 16 May 2018