Griffith, Richard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  312  2187 (161) 1
1897  286  2201 (158) 0
1898  282  2215 (155) 0
1899  270  2229 (151) 0
1900  258  2243 (147) 0
1901  230  2257 (143) 0
1902  214  2271 (139) 0
1903  195  2285 (134) 0
1904  190  2299 (129) 0
1905  176  2313 (124) 0
1906  154  2327 (118) 0
1907  136  2341 (112) 0
1908  121  2355 (105) 0
1909  113  2370 (97) 0
1910  89  2384 (88) 1
1911  89  2396 (79) 1
1912  82  2405 (69) 12
1913  98  2385 (75) 1
1914  100  2370 (80) 0
1915  113  2356 (83) 0
1916  125  2342 (85) 0
1917  141  2328 (86) 0
1918  164  2313 (85) 0
1919  186  2299 (83) 0
1920  229  2285 (79) 0
1921  282  2271 (74) 6
1922  289  2271 (79) 0
1923  310  2272 (82) 0
1924  309  2273 (83) 0
1925  323  2273 (83) 1
1926  310  2283 (83) 9
1927  321  2285 (91) 0
1928  327  2287 (97) 0
1929  322  2289 (102) 0
1930  323  2291 (107) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Griffith, Richard Clewin  
Born: 22 July 1872
Died: 11 Dec. 1955
 
Notes:
Hooper & Whyld give birth year as 1875 on p.173 of the first edition of the Oxford Companion to Chess, but 1872 on p.208. Gaige gives birth date as 22-07-1872.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 180
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 324
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 960
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 150
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 241, 575
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 173, 208
   Hooper and Brandreth, Unknown Capablanca, page 109
   King, Sultan Khan, page 242
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 93
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 165
Web
   Saunders, John.  [Britbase Chess Archive : Material from the 1920s - Part 1]

Tournament data

London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Banks, H.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Leicester 1910     City of London Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Turner, W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1911 (1)     City of London - North Manchester Club Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Sutcliffe, M.     1 - 0    
Richmond, London 1912 (1)     British Championship Team - Major Open Team Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Waterman, J.C.     1 - 0    
Richmond, London 1912 (2)     9th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8  /  11
Rugby 1913     City of London Club - Midland Counties Chess Union Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - McCarthy, F.     1 - 0    
Hastings 1921 (1)     1st Hastings Christmas Congress - British Champions' Tournament     1.5  /  6
Leeds 1925     English Counties Championship Final Match: Middlesex - Yorkshire    
  Griffith, R.C. - Dale, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1926 (1)     3rd London Chess League Congress     7.5  /  9
London, England 1930 (3)     Empire Social Club - Sir Umar Hayat Khan's Team Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Sultan Khan, M.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 15 Jun. 2021