Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  412  2195 (95) 4
1910  419  2189 (96) 1
1911  421  2196 (99) 0
1912  397  2204 (101) 0
1913  380  2211 (102) 0
1914  335  2218 (103) 0
1915  304  2225 (103) 0
1916  297  2233 (102) 0
1917  273  2240 (101) 0
1918  262  2247 (98) 0
1919  247  2254 (96) 0
1920  250  2262 (92) 0
1921  257  2269 (87) 0
1922  248  2276 (81) 0
1923  243  2283 (73) 0
1924  234  2291 (63) 16
1925  274  2278 (71) 0
1926  317  2265 (77) 0
1927  373  2253 (81) 0
1928  412  2240 (83) 0
1929  455  2227 (84) 0
1930  497  2214 (84) 0
1931  541  2202 (82) 0
1932  574  2189 (79) 0
1933  628  2176 (74) 1
1934  616  2178 (68) 0
1935  603  2180 (60) 20
1936  633  2163 (72) 0
1937  591  2146 (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