Edo Ratings, Griffith, R.B.

Griffith, Robert

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1898	142	2306	(64)	4
1899	117	2333	(51)	16
1900	137	2314	(47)	20
1901	166	2291	(59)	0
1902	206	2269	(66)	5
1903	258	2243	(75)	0
1904	311	2217	(81)	0
1905	364	2191	(86)	0
1906	427	2166	(90)	0
1907	488	2140	(93)	0
1908	550	2114	(94)	0
1909	655	2088	(95)	3
1910	666	2082	(101)	0
1911	703	2076	(105)	0
1912	691	2071	(109)	0
1913	717	2065	(112)	0
1914	702	2059	(115)	0
1915	678	2053	(117)	0
1916	680	2047	(119)	1
1917	689	2038	(124)	0
1918	715	2028	(127)	0
1919	735	2019	(131)	0
1920	827	2010	(134)	0
1921	912	2000	(137)	1

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Griffith, Robert B.

Also known as: Dr. R.B. Griffith

Born: 19 Aug. 1876

Died: 31 May 1937

Notes:

The American Chess Magazine of Jan. 1899 (p.314) has both 'B.B. Griffith' (in error) and 'R. Griffith'.

References

Books

Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 150

Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 233, 233

Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 215

Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 354

Periodicals

[ACB], vol. 9, no. 10, Oct. 1912, page 234

[ACMa], vol. 2, no. 6, Dec. 1898, page 255

[ACMa], vol. 2, no. 7, Jan. 1899, page 314

Web

[Chess News from Everywhere (LCM, vol.1, no.3, 1905)]

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

Griffith, R.B. - Young, J.W. (1) 1899         (f)     4   -   2

Pillsbury, H.N. - Griffith, R.B. 1899         (c)     1.5   -   0.5

Lovegrove, W.R. - Griffith, R.B. 1902         (f)     2   -   1

Hallwegen, G. - Griffith, R.B. 1909         (c)     3   -   0

Reshevsky, S.H. - Griffith, R.B. 1921         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1898 (4)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, First Round

  Griffith, R.B. - Boehm, H.G.     0 - 1

Philadelphia 1898 (5)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Second Round

  Griffith, R.B. - Boehm, H.G.     1 - 0

New York 1898 (11)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Third Round

  Griffith, R.B. - Meyer, A.S.     0.5 - 0.5

New York 1898 (12)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Fourth Round

  Griffith, R.B. - Meyer, A.S.     0 - 1

Philadelphia 1899 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament

  Griffith, R.B. - Young, J.W. (1)     1 - 0

  Griffith, R.B. - Robinson, D.S.     0 - 1

  Griffith, R.B. - Sweeney, F.     1 - 0

  Griffith, R.B. - Hubbard (2)     1 - 0

San Francisco and Los Angeles 1899     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Franklin, W.S.     1 - 0

Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Hanham, J.M.     1 - 0

Philadelphia 1899 (5)     Franklin Club Tournament - Class A

  Griffith, R.B. - Young, J.W. (1)     2 - 0

New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Roething, O.     1 - 0

Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8.5 / 18

Los Angeles 1900     Los Angeles Club Tournament     10 / 11

San Francisco and Los Angeles 1902 (1)     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Howe, A.S.     0.5 - 0.5

San Francisco and Los Angeles 1902 (2)     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Martin, T.H.     1 - 0

San Francisco and Los Angeles 1916     San Francisco - Southern California Telegraphic Match

  Griffith, R.B. - Clarke, E.J.     0.5 - 0.5