Clark, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1899  748  1920 (94) 8
1900  744  1927 (91) 0
1901  748  1933 (87) 0
1902  738  1940 (81) 0
1903  736  1947 (74) 0
1904  763  1954 (65) 13
1905  738  1984 (69) 0
1906  713  2015 (70) 0
1907  673  2045 (69) 1
1908  575  2091 (67) 0
1909  526  2137 (62) 0
1910  436  2183 (52) 16
1911  362  2222 (51) 24
1912  393  2207 (67) 0
1913  412  2193 (79) 0
1914  419  2179 (89) 0
1915  424  2164 (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 (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: 7 Nov. 2023