Clarke, Ernest




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  809  1917 (90) 9
1899  813  1933 (94) 0
1900  803  1950 (97) 0
1901  770  1967 (100) 0
1902  759  1983 (102) 0
1903  731  2000 (103) 0
1904  745  2017 (103) 0
1905  741  2033 (103) 0
1906  711  2050 (102) 0
1907  694  2066 (101) 0
1908  664  2083 (98) 0
1909  665  2100 (95) 0
1910  615  2116 (92) 0
1911  604  2133 (87) 0
1912  554  2150 (80) 0
1913  531  2166 (72) 10
1914  508  2164 (77) 0
1915  486  2162 (79) 1
1916  495  2161 (81) 1
1917  484  2166 (84) 0
1918  476  2171 (84) 0
1919  474  2176 (84) 0
1920  491  2181 (82) 0
1921  508  2187 (78) 0
1922  511  2192 (73) 10
1923  643  2168 (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