Edo Ratings, Griffith, R.B.

Griffith, Robert

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1898	148	2298	(64)	4
1899	121	2325	(51)	16
1900	143	2306	(47)	20
1901	172	2284	(59)	0
1902	215	2262	(66)	5
1903	271	2236	(75)	0
1904	326	2210	(81)	0
1905	381	2184	(86)	0
1906	444	2158	(90)	0
1907	504	2132	(93)	0
1908	569	2106	(94)	0
1909	683	2080	(95)	3
1910	689	2074	(101)	0
1911	728	2068	(105)	0
1912	724	2062	(109)	0
1913	753	2056	(112)	0
1914	745	2049	(115)	0
1915	715	2043	(117)	0
1916	718	2037	(119)	1
1917	733	2028	(123)	0
1918	763	2019	(127)	0
1919	781	2009	(131)	0
1920	886	2000	(134)	0
1921	982	1991	(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, California 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, California and Los Angeles 1902 (1)     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match

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

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

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

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

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