Strunk, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1888  475  2032 (147) 1
1889  444  2040 (145) 0
1890  457  2049 (142) 5

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Strunk, William  
   Also known as: William Strunk, Jr.
Born: 1 July 1869
Died:
 
Notes:
The Columbia Chess Chronicle of 4 Aug. 1888 (as reported by Hilbert and Lahde) says that the Cincinnati player Strunk was 'about eighteen years old'. This would place his birth in 1869 or 1870. Hilbert and Lahde tentatively identify him as the later Cornell professor who wrote the first edition of the famous book The Elements of Style, and if this identification is correct, then he was born 1 Jul. 1869 in Cincinnati.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 35, 52
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 10, no. 4, Apr. 1890, page 134

Tournament data

Cincinnati 1888 (3)     1st United States Chess Association Meeting - Free-for-all Tournament    
  Strunk, W. - Euphrat, S.     0 - 1    
Dayton 1890     Ohio State Association Congress - Championship     3  /  5


Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022