Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  307  2220 (102) 4
1910  288  2225 (104) 0
1911  286  2230 (106) 0
1912  279  2235 (107) 0
1913  261  2240 (108) 0
1914  240  2245 (108) 0
1915  226  2250 (107) 0
1916  218  2255 (107) 0
1917  208  2261 (105) 0
1918  198  2266 (103) 0
1919  194  2271 (100) 0
1920  202  2276 (96) 0
1921  214  2281 (92) 0
1922  210  2286 (87) 0
1923  198  2291 (80) 0
1924  191  2297 (71) 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