Edo Ratings, Ward, S. (1)

Ward, Seth (1)

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1861	321	1634	(160)	1
1862	355	1640	(158)	0
1863	365	1646	(156)	0
1864	373	1653	(154)	0
1865	438	1659	(152)	0
1866	471	1665	(149)	1
1867	448	1674	(148)	0
1868	466	1683	(147)	0
1869	468	1692	(145)	0
1870	524	1701	(143)	0
1871	570	1710	(141)	0
1872	604	1719	(139)	0
1873	627	1728	(136)	0
1874	667	1737	(134)	0
1875	703	1746	(131)	0
1876	682	1755	(128)	0
1877	614	1764	(124)	0
1878	607	1773	(120)	2
1879	597	1789	(118)	0
1880	615	1805	(116)	0
1881	664	1821	(113)	0
1882	705	1837	(109)	0
1883	720	1853	(105)	0
1884	777	1869	(100)	0
1885	721	1885	(95)	0
1886	704	1901	(88)	0
1887	661	1917	(80)	0
1888	659	1933	(70)	12
1889	652	1938	(79)	0
1890	667	1943	(86)	0
1891	661	1948	(91)	0
1892	707	1953	(96)	0
1893	729	1958	(99)	0
1894	730	1963	(102)	0
1895	714	1968	(104)	2
1896	716	1963	(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