Driver, Philip




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  799  1978 (62) 10
1906  772  1999 (54) 9
1907  766  2019 (49) 19
1908  770  2019 (56) 2
1909  802  2030 (59) 1
1910  784  2038 (59) 1
1911  805  2034 (55) 16
1912  793  2034 (64) 2
1913  811  2030 (71) 1
1914  792  2031 (78) 0
1915  744  2033 (82) 1
1916  752  2024 (86) 1
1917  748  2024 (91) 0
1918  750  2023 (95) 0
1919  756  2023 (98) 0
1920  825  2023 (100) 0
1921  904  2022 (101) 0
1922  931  2022 (102) 0
1923  1029  2022 (102) 0
1924  1059  2021 (101) 0
1925  1110  2021 (100) 1
1926  1179  2018 (100) 1
1927  1201  2020 (102) 0
1928  1216  2022 (103) 0
1929  1214  2024 (104) 0
1930  1243  2027 (103) 0
1931  1317  2029 (103) 0
1932  1348  2031 (101) 1
1933  1365  2027 (101) 0
1934  1434  2022 (101) 1
1935  1466  2026 (102) 1
1936  1383  2033 (105) 0
1937  1283  2041 (107) 1
1938  1311  2037 (111) 0
1939  1197  2032 (115) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Driver, Philip Brognard  
Born: 24 June 1879
Died: 22 Aug. 1956
 
Notes:
Gaige (Chess Tournament Crosstables) has 'Driver, P.C.' at Philadelphia 1904-1905 and 'Driver, B.P.' at Philadelphia 1911. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 5 May 1932 (p.28) has 'S.P. Driver'. I presume these are all meant to be Philip Brognard Driver.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 303
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 380
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 150
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 98
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 268, 307, 340
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 280
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 60
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 170, 187
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 91, no. 125, 5 May 1932, page 28

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1905 (2)     20th Franklin Chess Club Championship     1  /  10
Philadelphia 1906     21st Franklin Chess Club Championship     4  /  11
Philadelphia 1907 (3)     22nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     5.5  /  13
Saint Lawrence River 1907 (2)     20th New York State Chess Association General Tournament     4  /  7
New York 1908 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Delmar, E. (1)     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1908 (4)     Rex Club - Reichhelm Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Eschner, M.R.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1909 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Koehler, G.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1910 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Field, O.W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1911 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Championship     0  /  1
Philadelphia 1911 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Pulvermacher, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1911 (6)     26th Franklin Club Championship     3.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1912 (7)     Franklin Chess Club Championship    
  Driver, P.B. - Mlotkowski, S.     0.5 - 1.5    
Philadelphia 1913     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Rosenbaum, H.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - de Visser, W.M.     1 - 0    
New York 1916 (6)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Raubitschek, Ru.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1925     Manhattan - Philadelphia Decoration Day Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Katz, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1926 (1)     Manhattan Club - Franklin Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Berman, E.     0 - 1    
New York 1932 (13)     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Newman, J.R.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1934     Marshall Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Byrne, C.J.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1935     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Fischer, J.     0 - 1    
New York 1937 (3)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Phillips, H.M.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1939     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Soudakoff, J.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025