Clarke, Ernest




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  814  1911 (90) 9
1899  818  1928 (94) 0
1900  809  1945 (97) 0
1901  775  1961 (100) 0
1902  768  1978 (102) 0
1903  743  1995 (103) 0
1904  750  2011 (103) 0
1905  749  2028 (103) 0
1906  717  2045 (102) 0
1907  696  2061 (101) 0
1908  671  2078 (98) 0
1909  667  2094 (95) 0
1910  619  2111 (92) 0
1911  612  2128 (87) 0
1912  555  2144 (80) 0
1913  531  2161 (72) 10
1914  509  2159 (77) 0
1915  488  2157 (79) 1
1916  495  2156 (81) 1
1917  488  2161 (84) 0
1918  474  2166 (84) 0
1919  473  2171 (84) 0
1920  488  2176 (82) 0
1921  507  2181 (78) 0
1922  513  2187 (73) 10
1923  641  2163 (82) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Clarke, Ernest J.  
Born: 17 Nov. 1877
Died: 16 Dec. 1948
 
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]

Tournament data

New York 1898 (4)     Brooklyn Club Championship     4  /  11
San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1913     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - Waterman, W.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
San Francisco, California 1913     San Francisco Invitation Tournament     4.5  /  7
  Clarke, E.J. - Hallwegen, G.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Clarke, E.J. - Fink, A.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1915     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - Waterman, C.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1916     San Francisco - Southern California Telegraphic Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - Griffith, R.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
San Francisco, California and Portland, Oregon 1921     San Francisco - Portland Telegraphic Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - van Zante, J.     1 - 0    
San Francisco, California 1922     1st California Championship     6  /  10
Los Angeles and San Francisco, California 1923     Los Angeles - San Francisco Telegraph Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - Mugridge, D.H.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025