Griffith, Richard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  308  2184 (161) 1
1897  284  2198 (158) 0
1898  279  2212 (155) 0
1899  269  2226 (151) 0
1900  256  2240 (147) 0
1901  227  2254 (143) 0
1902  210  2268 (139) 0
1903  196  2282 (134) 0
1904  187  2296 (129) 0
1905  171  2310 (124) 0
1906  153  2323 (118) 0
1907  133  2337 (112) 0
1908  118  2351 (105) 0
1909  111  2365 (97) 0
1910  89  2379 (88) 1
1911  87  2391 (79) 1
1912  83  2401 (69) 12
1913  97  2380 (75) 1
1914  99  2366 (80) 0
1915  114  2352 (83) 0
1916  123  2337 (85) 0
1917  140  2323 (86) 0
1918  164  2309 (85) 0
1919  185  2295 (83) 0
1920  229  2280 (79) 0
1921  282  2266 (74) 6
1922  290  2267 (79) 0
1923  307  2267 (82) 0
1924  308  2268 (83) 0
1925  325  2268 (83) 1
1926  311  2278 (83) 9
1927  319  2280 (91) 0
1928  324  2282 (97) 0
1929  321  2284 (102) 0
1930  325  2286 (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