Griffith, Richard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  304  2171 (162) 1
1897  286  2185 (159) 0
1898  281  2198 (155) 0
1899  275  2212 (152) 0
1900  252  2226 (148) 0
1901  237  2239 (144) 0
1902  227  2253 (139) 0
1903  200  2267 (135) 0
1904  194  2280 (130) 0
1905  178  2294 (125) 0
1906  162  2308 (119) 0
1907  147  2321 (113) 0
1908  130  2335 (106) 0
1909  118  2349 (98) 0
1910  100  2362 (89) 1
1911  94  2377 (80) 1
1912  85  2389 (69) 12
1913  101  2368 (75) 1
1914  102  2354 (80) 0
1915  109  2340 (83) 0
1916  128  2326 (85) 0
1917  144  2312 (86) 0
1918  169  2298 (85) 0
1919  189  2283 (83) 0
1920  226  2269 (79) 0
1921  270  2255 (74) 6
1922  280  2256 (79) 0
1923  290  2257 (82) 0
1924  302  2258 (83) 0
1925  310  2260 (83) 1
1926  289  2270 (83) 9
1927  312  2272 (91) 0
1928  319  2274 (97) 0
1929  313  2276 (102) 0
1930  314  2278 (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