Clarke, Ernest

Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1898 |
800 |
1910 | (90) | 9 |
| 1899 |
800 |
1926 | (94) | 0 |
| 1900 |
794 |
1943 | (98) | 0 |
| 1901 |
764 |
1959 | (100) | 0 |
| 1902 |
745 |
1976 | (102) | 0 |
| 1903 |
717 |
1992 | (103) | 0 |
| 1904 |
727 |
2009 | (103) | 0 |
| 1905 |
717 |
2025 | (103) | 0 |
| 1906 |
692 |
2042 | (102) | 0 |
| 1907 |
678 |
2059 | (101) | 0 |
| 1908 |
651 |
2075 | (99) | 0 |
| 1909 |
651 |
2092 | (96) | 0 |
| 1910 |
600 |
2108 | (92) | 0 |
| 1911 |
593 |
2125 | (87) | 0 |
| 1912 |
547 |
2141 | (80) | 0 |
| 1913 |
519 |
2158 | (72) | 10 |
| 1914 |
495 |
2156 | (77) | 0 |
| 1915 |
475 |
2154 | (79) | 1 |
| 1916 |
478 |
2153 | (81) | 1 |
| 1917 |
470 |
2158 | (84) | 0 |
| 1918 |
461 |
2163 | (84) | 0 |
| 1919 |
456 |
2168 | (84) | 0 |
| 1920 |
471 |
2173 | (82) | 0 |
| 1921 |
495 |
2178 | (78) | 0 |
| 1922 |
492 |
2183 | (73) | 10 |
| 1923 |
621 |
2159 | (82) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Clarke, Ernest J. |
| Born: 17 Nov. 1877 |
| Died: 16 Dec. 1948 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 72 |
| Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 285, 289 |
| Hilbert, Napier, page 64 |
| Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 23, 168, 267 |
| Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 355 |
| Periodicals |
| [ACB], vol. 10, no. 11, Nov. 1913, page 252 |
| [SFCa], vol. 113, no. 148, 27 Apr. 1913, page 63 |
| Web |
| Donaldson, John. [History of the MI Chess Room] |
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Tournament data
| New York 1898 (4) |
Brooklyn Club Championship |
4 | / | 11 |
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| San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1913 |
San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match |
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Clarke, E.J. - Waterman, W.S. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| San Francisco, California 1913 |
San Francisco Invitation Tournament |
4.5 | / | 7 |
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Clarke, E.J. - Hallwegen, G. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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Clarke, E.J. - Fink, A.J. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1915 |
San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match |
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Clarke, E.J. - Waterman, C.W. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1916 |
San Francisco - Southern California Telegraphic Match |
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Clarke, E.J. - Griffith, R.B. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| San Francisco, California and Portland, Oregon 1921 |
San Francisco - Portland Telegraphic Match |
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Clarke, E.J. - van Zante, J. |
1 - 0 |
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| San Francisco, California 1922 |
1st California Championship |
6 | / | 10 |
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| Los Angeles and San Francisco, California 1923 |
Los Angeles - San Francisco Telegraph Match |
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Clarke, E.J. - Mugridge, D.H. |
0 - 1 |
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| Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025 |
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