Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  451  2179 (95) 4
1910  474  2174 (96) 1
1911  476  2182 (99) 0
1912  450  2189 (101) 0
1913  427  2196 (102) 0
1914  377  2204 (103) 0
1915  343  2211 (102) 0
1916  327  2219 (102) 0
1917  315  2226 (100) 0
1918  298  2234 (98) 0
1919  281  2241 (95) 0
1920  284  2248 (91) 0
1921  285  2256 (86) 0
1922  278  2263 (80) 0
1923  278  2271 (72) 0
1924  273  2278 (61) 16
1925  337  2258 (69) 0
1926  415  2237 (75) 1
1927  473  2229 (79) 0
1928  509  2221 (82) 0
1929  537  2213 (83) 0
1930  598  2204 (83) 0
1931  670  2196 (81) 0
1932  700  2188 (78) 0
1933  763  2180 (73) 1
1934  738  2185 (68) 0
1935  756  2189 (59) 20
1936  801  2172 (72) 0
1937  835  2154 (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    
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: 12 Nov. 2024