Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  449  2179 (95) 4
1910  469  2174 (96) 1
1911  467  2182 (99) 0
1912  438  2189 (101) 0
1913  418  2197 (102) 0
1914  369  2205 (102) 0
1915  339  2213 (102) 0
1916  317  2220 (102) 0
1917  307  2228 (100) 0
1918  291  2236 (98) 0
1919  272  2244 (95) 0
1920  276  2251 (91) 0
1921  275  2259 (86) 0
1922  272  2267 (80) 0
1923  272  2275 (72) 0
1924  261  2282 (61) 16
1925  309  2266 (69) 0
1926  365  2250 (74) 1
1927  403  2245 (78) 0
1928  434  2241 (81) 0
1929  447  2237 (81) 0
1930  475  2233 (81) 0
1931  529  2228 (78) 0
1932  542  2224 (74) 1
1933  606  2212 (70) 1
1934  633  2208 (66) 0
1935  675  2204 (58) 20
1936  741  2186 (71) 0
1937  785  2167 (81) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Ruth, William Allen  
Born: 18 Sep. 1886
Died: 3 Feb. 1975
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 132
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 76
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 401
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 150
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 366
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables IV, page 622
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 245
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 320
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 283, 316
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 354

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1909 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Shipley, W.P.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1909     11th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Jacobs, H.L.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1909 (3)     12th Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Ruth, W.A. - Shipley, W.P.     0 - 1    
  Ruth, W.A. - Sharp, S.T.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1910 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Neill, B.M.     0 - 1    
Detroit 1924     25th Western Chess Association Tournament     10  /  16
New York 1926 (1)     Manhattan Club - Franklin Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Kupchik, A.     0 - 1    
New York 1932 (13)     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Willman, R.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1933     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Denker, A.S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1935     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - MacMurray, D.     0 - 1    
Milwaukee 1935 (1)     36th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary A     7  /  9
Milwaukee 1935 (4)     36th American Chess Federation Congress - Championship     2  /  10
New York 1937 (3)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Denker, A.S.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025