Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  443  2181 (95) 4
1910  464  2176 (96) 1
1911  463  2184 (99) 0
1912  430  2192 (101) 0
1913  415  2200 (102) 0
1914  367  2208 (102) 0
1915  336  2216 (102) 0
1916  318  2223 (102) 0
1917  304  2231 (100) 0
1918  288  2239 (98) 0
1919  268  2247 (95) 0
1920  270  2255 (91) 0
1921  272  2263 (86) 0
1922  265  2270 (80) 0
1923  258  2278 (72) 0
1924  245  2286 (61) 16
1925  296  2270 (69) 0
1926  354  2253 (74) 1
1927  396  2249 (78) 0
1928  425  2244 (81) 0
1929  441  2240 (81) 0
1930  469  2236 (81) 0
1931  514  2231 (78) 0
1932  528  2227 (74) 1
1933  586  2214 (71) 1
1934  616  2210 (66) 0
1935  669  2206 (58) 20
1936  720  2188 (71) 0
1937  759  2170 (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