Edo Ratings, Ward, S. (1)

Ward, Seth (1)

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1861	321	1631	(160)	1
1862	355	1637	(158)	0
1863	365	1643	(156)	0
1864	373	1650	(154)	0
1865	438	1656	(152)	0
1866	471	1662	(149)	1
1867	448	1671	(148)	0
1868	466	1680	(147)	0
1869	468	1689	(145)	0
1870	524	1698	(143)	0
1871	571	1707	(141)	0
1872	604	1716	(139)	0
1873	627	1725	(136)	0
1874	670	1734	(134)	0
1875	703	1742	(131)	0
1876	683	1751	(128)	0
1877	614	1760	(124)	0
1878	608	1769	(120)	2
1879	597	1785	(118)	0
1880	614	1801	(116)	0
1881	664	1817	(113)	0
1882	704	1833	(109)	0
1883	718	1849	(105)	0
1884	776	1865	(100)	0
1885	719	1882	(95)	0
1886	695	1898	(88)	0
1887	657	1914	(80)	0
1888	652	1930	(70)	12
1889	638	1935	(79)	0
1890	664	1940	(86)	0
1891	661	1945	(92)	0
1892	705	1950	(96)	0
1893	721	1955	(99)	0
1894	724	1960	(102)	0
1895	710	1965	(104)	2
1896	715	1960	(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