Clark, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1899  706  1928 (93) 8
1900  699  1935 (90) 0
1901  698  1943 (86) 0
1902  694  1950 (81) 0
1903  680  1957 (73) 0
1904  711  1965 (64) 13
1905  695  1991 (65) 0
1906  690  2017 (63) 8
1907  620  2066 (66) 1
1908  511  2124 (66) 0
1909  443  2182 (63) 0
1910  315  2240 (56) 8
1911  278  2263 (53) 24
1912  313  2248 (68) 0
1913  337  2233 (80) 0
1914  342  2218 (90) 0
1915  359  2202 (99) 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
   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 (2)     7th American Chess Congress - Minor Tournament     2.5  /  13
Chicago 1906 (2)     7th Western Chess Association Tournament - Section 2     1  /  8
London, England and New York 1907 (2)     7th Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Roughton, N.J.     0 - 1    
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 (7)     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: 25 Dec. 2021