Rutherford, Arthur




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  645  1939 (95) 3
1885  623  1957 (90) 0
1886  587  1975 (83) 1
1887  558  1991 (76) 1
1888  529  2013 (69) 9
1889  566  1992 (71) 1
1890  609  1983 (73) 1
1891  615  1980 (75) 1
1892  676  1967 (76) 0
1893  727  1955 (75) 3
1894  764  1946 (77) 0
1895  782  1936 (77) 0
1896  782  1927 (75) 0
1897  793  1917 (70) 10
1898  780  1936 (73) 0
1899  771  1954 (73) 1
1900  760  1971 (72) 4
1901  740  1984 (75) 4
1902  750  1987 (80) 0
1903  747  1990 (83) 0
1904  768  1993 (85) 1
1905  791  2007 (87) 0
1906  772  2020 (88) 0
1907  760  2034 (88) 0
1908  743  2047 (87) 0
1909  755  2061 (84) 0
1910  716  2074 (81) 0
1911  700  2088 (75) 0
1912  661  2101 (67) 11
1913  669  2103 (73) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Rutherford, Arthur  
Born: 4 Jan. 1866
Died: 1958
 
Notes:
Brother of William Watson Rutherford. Forster has 'Arthur K. Rutherford' once on p.287, and in the index of his biography of Burn, but none of the many other references in that book have the middle initial K. Steve Mann's analysis of birth, death and census records show no sign of a middle initial. Saunders gives date of death as 'Oct/Nov/Dec 1958'.
 
References
Books
   Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 67
   England and Liverpool Club Committee, Liverpool Chess Club, Annual Report 1912, page 7
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 410, 968
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 322
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 347
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 6, no. 5, May 1886, page 173
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Rutherfords of Liverpool]
   Saunders, John.  [Varsity Oxford-Cambridge Match: Pen Pictures of Players]

Tournament data

Oxford 1884 (1)     Oxford University - Oxford City Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Gilbert, J.     1 - 1    
Liverpool 1884 (2)     1st Rutherford Silver Cup Competition    
  Rutherford, A. - Ralston, B.     1 - 0    
  Rutherford, A. - Whitby, L.E.     0 - 1    
London, England 1884 (12)     City of London Club 4th Class - Oxford University Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Frankland, J.     0 - 1    
London, England 1886 (3)     14th Oxford - Cambridge University Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Gibson, J.T.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1887 (3)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Fish, J.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1887     Manchester St. Ann's - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Leake, J.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1888 (1)     Manchester and District - Liverpool and District Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Fish, J.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1888 (2)     Liverpool Club Handicap - Winners' Group     3  /  7      odds player in a knight class
Glasgow 1888 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Fyfe, P.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1888     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Boyer, R.C.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1889 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Fyfe, P.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1890 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Boyer, R.C.     0 - 1    
Glasgow 1891 (2)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Whiteley, J.L.     1 - 0    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Ross, A.G.G.     0 - 1    
Dublin 1893     Dublin - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Peake, A.S.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1893     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Shaw, W.B.     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1895 (1)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Johnson, A. (1)     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1895 (2)     Liverpool Club - Liverpool North End Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Cotter, R.     0 - 1          Rutherford, A. gave odds of a knight
Llandudno 1897 (1)     7th Craigside Tournament     0  /  9
Liverpool 1897 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Paton, M.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1897 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Marriott, A.R.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1899     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Wallwork, C.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1900 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Woollard, J.A.     0 - 1    
Glasgow 1900     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Black, W.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1900     9th Liverpool Championship     0  /  2
Manchester 1901 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Saunders, H.     0 - 1    
Leeds 1901     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Harrison, G.H.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1901 (2)     Liverpool - Dublin Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Peake, A.S.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1901 (3)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Lowenthal, F.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1904     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Spencer, E.     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1911 (1)     Liverpool - North Manchester Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Goldstone, J.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1912 (1)     Liverpool - North Manchester Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Coates, C.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1912 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, A. - Briggs, A.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1912     Liverpool Chess Club Championship     3.5  /  9
Liverpool 1913 (3)     Liverpool Club Championship     3  /  6

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2026