Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  420  2189 (95) 4
1910  426  2184 (96) 1
1911  430  2192 (99) 0
1912  405  2199 (101) 0
1913  386  2207 (102) 0
1914  342  2214 (103) 0
1915  304  2222 (103) 0
1916  298  2229 (102) 0
1917  276  2237 (100) 0
1918  265  2244 (98) 0
1919  251  2252 (95) 0
1920  250  2259 (92) 0
1921  258  2267 (87) 0
1922  250  2274 (81) 0
1923  241  2282 (73) 0
1924  236  2289 (63) 16
1925  272  2277 (71) 0
1926  316  2265 (77) 0
1927  370  2253 (81) 0
1928  410  2242 (83) 0
1929  459  2230 (84) 0
1930  508  2218 (84) 0
1931  579  2206 (82) 0
1932  611  2194 (79) 0
1933  682  2182 (74) 1
1934  670  2185 (68) 0
1935  674  2188 (60) 20
1936  698  2171 (72) 0
1937  698  2153 (82) 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
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 (2)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Denker, A.S.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 21 Jun. 2023