Clark, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1899  753  1914 (94) 8
1900  761  1920 (91) 0
1901  761  1927 (87) 0
1902  755  1934 (81) 0
1903  745  1941 (74) 0
1904  776  1947 (65) 13
1905  752  1978 (69) 0
1906  725  2009 (70) 0
1907  690  2039 (69) 1
1908  593  2085 (67) 0
1909  534  2131 (62) 0
1910  449  2177 (52) 16
1911  374  2217 (51) 24
1912  396  2202 (67) 0
1913  413  2188 (79) 0
1914  428  2174 (89) 0
1915  431  2159 (98) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Clark, John Levi  
Born: 8 Jan. 1881
Died: 30 June 1967
 
Notes:
There appear to have been players named 'J.H. Clark' and 'J.W. Clark' as well as 'John Levi Clark' playing in the same places around the same time. It is often not clear which of these players played in a given event.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 302
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 72
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 284
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 48
Web
   Jirousek, Jim.  [1899 Nebraska's First Tourn. & Champ]
   [John Levi Clark]

Tournament data

Dannebrog 1899     1st Nebraska Chess Assocation Tourney     4.5  /  8
Saint Louis 1904 (1)     7th American Chess Congress - Minor Tournament     2.5  /  13
London, England and New York 1907 (2)     7th Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Roughton, N.J.     0 - 1    
Boston, Massachusetts 1910     Boston Club Championship     3  /  8
Rochester, New York 1910 (1)     23rd New York State Chess Association Master Tournament     5  /  8
Excelsior 1911     12th Western Chess Association Tournament     7.5  /  13
Boston, Massachusetts 1911     Boston Chess Club Championship     10  /  12
New York 1914 (9)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Farley, P.A.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Roeske, G.T.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 7 Nov. 2023