Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  330  2226 (101) 4
1910  310  2231 (104) 0
1911  325  2236 (106) 0
1912  304  2241 (107) 0
1913  283  2246 (108) 0
1914  263  2251 (108) 0
1915  240  2256 (107) 0
1916  238  2261 (106) 0
1917  225  2266 (105) 0
1918  212  2271 (102) 0
1919  203  2276 (100) 0
1920  212  2281 (96) 0
1921  218  2286 (91) 0
1922  216  2291 (86) 0
1923  216  2296 (79) 0
1924  210  2301 (70) 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