Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  308  2219 (102) 4
1910  287  2224 (104) 0
1911  285  2229 (106) 0
1912  277  2234 (107) 0
1913  258  2239 (108) 0
1914  238  2244 (108) 0
1915  225  2249 (108) 0
1916  218  2255 (107) 0
1917  209  2260 (105) 0
1918  198  2265 (103) 0
1919  194  2270 (100) 0
1920  202  2275 (97) 0
1921  214  2280 (92) 0
1922  210  2285 (87) 0
1923  198  2290 (80) 0
1924  191  2296 (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