Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  329  2230 (101) 4
1910  311  2235 (104) 0
1911  324  2239 (106) 0
1912  303  2244 (107) 0
1913  289  2249 (107) 0
1914  265  2254 (108) 0
1915  242  2259 (107) 0
1916  238  2264 (106) 0
1917  224  2268 (105) 0
1918  209  2273 (102) 0
1919  206  2278 (99) 0
1920  210  2283 (96) 0
1921  220  2288 (91) 0
1922  213  2293 (86) 0
1923  209  2297 (79) 0
1924  207  2302 (70) 15

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
   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

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    
Detroit 1924     25th Western Chess Association Tournament     9  /  15

Player information updated: 27 Mar. 2018