Edo Ratings, Griffith, R.B.

Griffith, Robert

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1898	102	2341	(65)	4
1899	94	2367	(51)	16
1900	108	2347	(47)	20
1901	130	2325	(59)	0
1902	160	2302	(66)	5
1903	197	2276	(75)	0
1904	255	2250	(81)	0
1905	305	2224	(86)	0
1906	363	2198	(90)	0
1907	420	2172	(93)	0
1908	466	2146	(95)	0
1909	546	2119	(95)	3
1910	555	2113	(101)	0
1911	610	2106	(105)	0
1912	616	2100	(109)	0
1913	622	2093	(112)	0
1914	598	2087	(115)	0
1915	582	2080	(117)	0
1916	589	2074	(119)	1
1917	596	2064	(123)	0
1918	635	2054	(127)	0
1919	647	2045	(131)	0
1920	720	2035	(134)	0
1921	782	2025	(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

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 (4)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Third Round

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

New York 1898 (5)     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