Rutherford, Arthur




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1884  634  1946 (95) 3
1885  606  1965 (90) 0
1886  567  1983 (83) 1
1887  538  2000 (76) 1
1888  514  2022 (69) 9
1889  533  2004 (72) 1
1890  579  1996 (74) 1
1891  581  1996 (76) 1
1892  635  1986 (77) 0
1893  675  1976 (77) 2
1894  711  1965 (78) 0
1895  740  1953 (77) 0
1896  757  1941 (75) 0
1897  770  1930 (70) 10
1898  753  1946 (73) 0
1899  748  1963 (73) 1
1900  738  1979 (72) 4
1901  716  1991 (75) 4
1902  730  1993 (80) 0
1903  724  1996 (83) 0
1904  750  1998 (85) 1
1905  761  2011 (87) 0
1906  754  2024 (88) 0
1907  747  2037 (88) 0
1908  720  2051 (87) 0
1909  738  2064 (84) 0
1910  700  2077 (81) 0
1911  688  2090 (75) 0
1912  651  2103 (67) 11
1913  656  2105 (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 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: 24 Feb. 2026