Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  308  2221 (102) 4
1910  288  2227 (104) 0
1911  286  2232 (106) 0
1912  278  2237 (107) 0
1913  261  2242 (108) 0
1914  240  2247 (108) 0
1915  226  2253 (107) 0
1916  218  2258 (107) 0
1917  208  2263 (105) 0
1918  197  2268 (103) 0
1919  194  2273 (100) 0
1920  202  2278 (96) 0
1921  214  2284 (92) 0
1922  210  2289 (87) 0
1923  197  2294 (80) 0
1924  190  2299 (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