Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  447  2179 (95) 4
1910  470  2174 (96) 1
1911  469  2182 (99) 0
1912  439  2190 (101) 0
1913  420  2198 (102) 0
1914  369  2205 (102) 0
1915  338  2213 (102) 0
1916  317  2221 (102) 0
1917  307  2229 (100) 0
1918  291  2237 (98) 0
1919  271  2244 (95) 0
1920  275  2252 (91) 0
1921  276  2260 (86) 0
1922  272  2268 (80) 0
1923  268  2275 (72) 0
1924  260  2283 (61) 16
1925  310  2267 (69) 0
1926  364  2251 (74) 1
1927  403  2246 (78) 0
1928  433  2242 (81) 0
1929  446  2238 (81) 0
1930  474  2233 (81) 0
1931  529  2229 (78) 0
1932  540  2225 (74) 1
1933  605  2212 (70) 1
1934  632  2209 (66) 0
1935  672  2205 (58) 20
1936  739  2186 (71) 0
1937  783  2168 (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