Edo Ratings, Ward, S. (1)

Ward, Seth (1)

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1861	315	1630	(160)	1
1862	347	1636	(158)	0
1863	357	1642	(156)	0
1864	364	1649	(154)	0
1865	427	1655	(152)	0
1866	464	1661	(150)	1
1867	443	1670	(148)	0
1868	459	1679	(147)	0
1869	457	1688	(145)	0
1870	513	1697	(143)	0
1871	551	1705	(141)	0
1872	580	1714	(139)	0
1873	597	1723	(137)	0
1874	652	1732	(134)	0
1875	683	1741	(131)	0
1876	661	1750	(128)	0
1877	589	1758	(124)	0
1878	580	1767	(120)	2
1879	561	1783	(118)	0
1880	584	1799	(116)	0
1881	645	1815	(113)	0
1882	686	1831	(109)	0
1883	710	1847	(105)	0
1884	769	1863	(100)	0
1885	708	1879	(95)	0
1886	692	1895	(88)	0
1887	653	1911	(80)	0
1888	638	1927	(70)	12
1889	628	1932	(79)	0
1890	659	1937	(86)	0
1891	654	1941	(92)	0
1892	694	1946	(96)	0
1893	699	1951	(100)	0
1894	704	1955	(102)	0
1895	696	1960	(104)	2
1896	699	1955	(109)	2

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Ward, Seth (1)

Also known as: Seth Ward, sen.

Born: 1834

Died: 22 Jan. 1903

Notes:

Gaige gives date of birth as 1835. Steve Mann gives date of birth as 1834 and date of baptism as 02-11-1834. I am assuming that the 'S. Ward' who was at the West Yorkshire Chess Association annual meeting in May 1866 (Illustrated London News, 9 June 1866, p.571) is the 'Seth Ward' who was at the Bradford 1888 tournament. Gaige also has a younger Seth Ward, 1870-1912, who would have been about 18 in 1888? I am also tentatively identifying the player named 'Ward' in the West Yorkshire Chess Association 2nd Class tournament of 1861 as the elder Seth Ward.

References

Books

Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 456

Whyld, English Tournaments, page 13

Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 85

Periodicals

[CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1865, page 184

[CW], vol. 2, no. 5, July 1866, page 156

[Era], vol. 27, no. 1393, 4 June 1865, page 6

[Era], vol. 32, no. 1655, 12 June 1870, page 5

[ILN], vol. 48, no. 1374, 9 June 1866, page 571

[LeM], vol. 121, no. 14369, 28 Apr. 1884, page 7

[LeM], no. 14685, 2 May 1885, page 7

Web

Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - Seth Ward (senior)]

Tournament data

Leeds 1861 (2)     West Yorkshire Chess Association Second Class Tournament

  Ward, S. (1) - Heald     0 - 1

Leeds 1866 (3)     West Yorkshire Chess Association - Tournament 3

  Ward, S. (1) - Fieldsend, T.     0 - 1

Bradford 1878     Bradford - Manchester Athenaeum Club Match

  Ward, S. (1) - Wood, E.H.     0 - 2

Bradford 1888 (2)     British Chess Association Amateur Championship     5.5 / 12

Halifax, Yorkshire 1895     10th Yorkshire County Chess Club Meeting - Class A

  Ward, S. (1) - Brown, I.M.     1 - 0

  Ward, S. (1) - Elson, F.     0.5 - 0.5

Harrogate 1896     Harrogate Club Tournament     22.5 / 26