Griffith, Richard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  301  2170 (162) 1
1897  290  2184 (159) 0
1898  286  2197 (155) 0
1899  279  2211 (152) 0
1900  254  2225 (148) 0
1901  238  2238 (144) 0
1902  232  2252 (140) 0
1903  213  2265 (135) 0
1904  200  2279 (130) 0
1905  184  2293 (125) 0
1906  167  2306 (119) 0
1907  152  2320 (113) 0
1908  132  2334 (106) 0
1909  124  2347 (98) 0
1910  106  2361 (89) 1
1911  97  2375 (80) 1
1912  90  2388 (70) 12
1913  102  2368 (76) 1
1914  109  2354 (80) 0
1915  116  2340 (84) 0
1916  138  2326 (85) 0
1917  145  2312 (86) 0
1918  171  2298 (85) 0
1919  197  2284 (83) 0
1920  231  2270 (79) 0
1921  274  2256 (74) 6
1922  281  2257 (79) 0
1923  294  2258 (82) 0
1924  302  2259 (83) 0
1925  318  2261 (83) 1
1926  294  2271 (83) 9
1927  317  2273 (91) 0
1928  322  2275 (97) 0
1929  315  2277 (102) 0
1930  318  2279 (107) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Griffith, Richard Clewin  
Born: 22 July 1872
Died: 11 Dec. 1955
 
Notes:
Hooper & Whyld give birth year as 1875 on p.173 of the first edition of the Oxford Companion to Chess, but 1872 on p.208. Gaige gives birth date as 22-07-1872.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 180
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 324
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 960
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 150
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 241, 575
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 173, 208
   Hooper and Brandreth, Unknown Capablanca, page 109
   King, Sultan Khan, page 242
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 93
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 165
Web
   Saunders, John.  [Britbase Chess Archive : Material from the 1920s - Part 1]

Tournament data

London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Banks, H.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Leicester 1910     City of London Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Turner, W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1911 (1)     City of London - North Manchester Club Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Sutcliffe, M.     1 - 0    
Richmond 1912 (1)     British Championship Team - Major Open Team Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Waterman, J.C.     1 - 0    
Richmond 1912 (2)     9th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8  /  11
Rugby 1913     City of London Club - Midland Counties Chess Union Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - McCarthy, F.     1 - 0    
Hastings 1921 (1)     1st Hastings Christmas Congress - British Champions' Tournament     1.5  /  6
Leeds 1925     English Counties Championship Final Match: Middlesex - Yorkshire    
  Griffith, R.C. - Dale, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1926 (1)     3rd London Chess League Congress     7.5  /  9
London, England 1930 (2)     Empire Social Club - Sir Umar Hayat Khan's Team Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Sultan Khan, M.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 15 Jun. 2021