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Lovegrove, Walter

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1888  63  2401 (66) 9 1889  55  2419 (63) 0 1890  42  2437 (56) 0 1891  35  2455 (42) 47 1892  33  2466 (53) 0 1893  30  2477 (57) 4 1894  34  2472 (63) 0 1895  34  2468 (64) 3 1896  35  2464 (65) 13 1897  26  2486 (68) 0 1898  18  2508 (67) 17 1899  15  2508 (71) 1 1900  14  2513 (72) 0 1901  13  2519 (71) 0 1902  14  2525 (67) 6 1903  12  2534 (66) 2 1904  9  2543 (64) 9 1905  12  2534 (71) 0 1906  13  2524 (76) 0 1907  16  2515 (78) 0 1908  20  2506 (80) 0 1909  22  2497 (79) 0 1910  25  2488 (77) 0 1911  27  2478 (73) 0 1912  29  2469 (66) 12 1913  51  2430 (67) 4 1914  61  2409 (72) 0 1915  69  2387 (75) 1 1916  84  2363 (77) 1 1917  97  2349 (78) 0 1918  111  2335 (78) 0 1919  131  2322 (75) 0 1920  165  2308 (71) 0 1921  200  2294 (64) 0 1922  234  2280 (54) 16 1923  250  2277 (56) 11 1924  301  2260 (66) 0 1925  361  2242 (73) 0 1926  426  2224 (78) 0 1927  511  2206 (80) 0 1928  574  2188 (81) 6 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Lovegrove, Walter Romaine      Also known as: Dr. Walter Romaine Lovegrove Born: 24 Oct. 1869 Died: 18 July 1956   References Books    Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 239    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 62    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 256    Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables IV, page 602    Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 217 Periodicals    [SFCh], 18 Nov. 1893, page 11    [SFCh], 30 July 1899, page 19 Web    Donaldson, John.  [History of the MI Chess Room]    Lawless, Kerry.  [ChessDryad Hall of Fame]    Wright, Stephen.  [A Tale of Three Cities: the 1895 Pacific Cable Matches]    [Chess in San Francisco (ACB, vol.1, no.7, 1904)]    [Chess News from Everywhere (LCM, vol.1, no.3, 1905)]    [A Short History of Chess in San Francisco]

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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Lovegrove, W.R. - Gossip, G.H.D. 1888	(f)	6	-	3
Lovegrove, W.R. - Redding, J.D. 1891	(f)	7	-	3
Lovegrove, W.R. - Judd, Max 1891	(c)	6	-	1
Showalter, J.W. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1891	(c)	18	-	12
Lovegrove, W.R. - Lipschutz, S. 1893	(f)	3	-	1
Lovegrove, W.R. - Griffith, R.B. 1902	(f)	2	-	1
Lasker, Em. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1902	(f)	0	-	1
Lovegrove, W.R. - Judd, Max 1904	(c)	5	-	3
Pillsbury, H.N. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1904	(f)	0	-	1
Lovegrove, W.R. - van Vliet, L. 1912	(c)	1	-	0
Lovegrove, W.R. - Taubenhaus, J. 1912	(c)	10	-	1
Marshall, F.J. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1913	(f)	2.5	-	0.5
Marshall, F.J. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1915	(f)	0.5	-	0.5
Capablanca, J.R. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1916	(f)	1	-	0
Tartakover, S.G. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1922	(c)	1	-	1
Wolf, H. (1) - Lovegrove, W.R. 1922	(c)	3	-	1

Tournament data

San Francisco 1895 (1)	Whist Club - Mechanics Institute Match
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Hallwegen, G.	1.5 - 0.5
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Thompson, G.R.C.	1 - 0
San Francisco 1896 (2)	Mechanics' Institute Tournament		11	/	13
San Francisco 1898	Mechanics Institute Club Championship		11.5	/	12
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Chilton, J.R.	3 - 2
San Francisco and Los Angeles 1899	San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Rohrer, C.H.	1 - 0
Seattle and San Francisco 1899 (2)	Seattle - San Francisco Cable Match
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Dickey, W.A.	1 - 0
San Francisco and Los Angeles 1902 (1)	San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Northrop, G.E.	1 - 0
San Francisco and Los Angeles 1902 (2)	San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Wickersham, E.R.	0.5 - 0.5
San Francisco 1903 (1)	Mechanics Institute - Labor Bureau Match
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Hallwegen, G.	1 - 0
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Thompson, G.R.C.	1 - 0
San Francisco and Los Angeles 1913	San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match
	Lovegrove, W.R. - Mlotkowski, S.	0 - 1
San Francisco 1922	1st California Championship		4.5	/	10
San Francisco 1923	24th Western Chess Association Tournament		6.5	/	11
San Francisco 1928	California Championship		3.5	/	7

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022