Edo Ratings, Ward, S. (1)

Ward, Seth (1)

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1861	315	1629	(160)	1
1862	347	1635	(158)	0
1863	357	1641	(156)	0
1864	364	1648	(154)	0
1865	428	1654	(152)	0
1866	464	1660	(150)	1
1867	443	1669	(148)	0
1868	459	1678	(147)	0
1869	458	1687	(145)	0
1870	514	1696	(143)	0
1871	552	1704	(141)	0
1872	580	1713	(139)	0
1873	599	1722	(137)	0
1874	654	1731	(134)	0
1875	683	1740	(131)	0
1876	662	1748	(128)	0
1877	590	1757	(124)	0
1878	580	1766	(120)	2
1879	562	1782	(118)	0
1880	587	1798	(115)	0
1881	646	1814	(113)	0
1882	689	1830	(109)	0
1883	711	1846	(105)	0
1884	770	1862	(100)	0
1885	707	1878	(95)	0
1886	689	1894	(88)	0
1887	650	1910	(80)	0
1888	634	1926	(70)	12
1889	624	1931	(79)	0
1890	652	1935	(86)	0
1891	645	1940	(92)	0
1892	679	1945	(96)	0
1893	679	1949	(100)	0
1894	686	1954	(102)	0
1895	675	1959	(104)	2
1896	668	1953	(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