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

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