Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1884 |
527 |
2016 | (57) | 11 |
| 1885 |
557 |
1995 | (53) | 11 |
| 1886 |
626 |
1956 | (53) | 11 |
| 1887 |
631 |
1943 | (60) | 0 |
| 1888 |
657 |
1931 | (61) | 0 |
| 1889 |
663 |
1918 | (59) | 10 |
| 1890 |
697 |
1911 | (63) | 0 |
| 1891 |
711 |
1903 | (63) | 0 |
| 1892 |
769 |
1896 | (58) | 10 |
| 1893 |
775 |
1920 | (60) | 0 |
| 1894 |
766 |
1944 | (56) | 8 |
| 1895 |
671 |
1988 | (56) | 7 |
| 1896 |
681 |
1978 | (57) | 5 |
| 1897 |
640 |
2005 | (56) | 10 |
| 1898 |
651 |
2010 | (63) | 0 |
| 1899 |
655 |
2016 | (66) | 0 |
| 1900 |
660 |
2021 | (66) | 0 |
| 1901 |
661 |
2026 | (63) | 4 |
| 1902 |
716 |
2008 | (61) | 6 |
| 1903 |
740 |
1995 | (58) | 9 |
| 1904 |
803 |
1972 | (57) | 15 |
| 1905 |
873 |
1943 | (57) | 13 |
| 1906 |
911 |
1920 | (61) | 0 |
| 1907 |
962 |
1897 | (58) | 19 |
| 1908 |
986 |
1874 | (67) | 0 |
| 1909 |
1112 |
1850 | (72) | 8 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Forsyth, David |
| Born: 16 May 1854 |
| Died: 30 Dec. 1909 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives date of death c30-12-1909. Gaige gives 'Forsyth, David'; OzBase gives 'Forsyth, David C'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 124 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 212 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 189, 329, 363, 575 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 121 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 192, 206 |
| Periodicals |
| [AuS], vol. 40, no. 310, 30 Dec. 1909, page 5 |
| [BCM], vol. 10, no. 5, May 1890, page 186 |
| [NZH], vol. 39, no. 11854, 4 Jan. 1902, page 4 |
| [ODT], no. 12552, 5 Jan. 1903, page 3 |
| [OW], no. 2458, 24 Apr. 1901, page 56 |
| Web |
| Dunn, Paul. [20th New Zealand Championship 1906-7] |
| McGowan, Alan. [Scottish Championship 1890] |
| McGowan, Alan. [Scottish Championship 1895] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 5051. Recognizable?] |
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