Griffith, Richard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  302  2171 (162) 1
1897  287  2184 (159) 0
1898  284  2198 (155) 0
1899  274  2212 (152) 0
1900  250  2225 (148) 0
1901  237  2239 (144) 0
1902  229  2253 (139) 0
1903  201  2266 (135) 0
1904  195  2280 (130) 0
1905  180  2294 (125) 0
1906  163  2307 (119) 0
1907  147  2321 (113) 0
1908  129  2335 (106) 0
1909  118  2348 (98) 0
1910  99  2362 (89) 1
1911  95  2376 (80) 1
1912  86  2388 (70) 12
1913  100  2368 (75) 1
1914  104  2354 (80) 0
1915  110  2339 (83) 0
1916  129  2325 (85) 0
1917  142  2311 (86) 0
1918  168  2297 (85) 0
1919  192  2283 (83) 0
1920  227  2269 (79) 0
1921  272  2255 (74) 6
1922  280  2256 (79) 0
1923  289  2257 (82) 0
1924  300  2258 (83) 0
1925  307  2259 (83) 1
1926  290  2269 (83) 9
1927  317  2271 (91) 0
1928  321  2273 (97) 0
1929  312  2275 (102) 0
1930  316  2277 (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 1912 (1)     British Championship Team - Major Open Team Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Waterman, J.C.     1 - 0    
Richmond 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 (2)     Empire Social Club - Sir Umar Hayat Khan's Team Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Sultan Khan, M.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 15 Jun. 2021