Clark, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1899  808  1916 (93) 8
1900  816  1923 (90) 0
1901  802  1930 (86) 0
1902  794  1936 (81) 0
1903  773  1943 (74) 0
1904  803  1950 (64) 13
1905  787  1981 (69) 0
1906  749  2012 (70) 0
1907  708  2044 (69) 1
1908  608  2091 (66) 0
1909  540  2138 (60) 0
1910  432  2185 (50) 16
1911  364  2226 (48) 24
1912  371  2219 (60) 0
1913  383  2212 (67) 0
1914  372  2206 (72) 4
1915  415  2181 (79) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Clark, John Levi  
Born: 8 Jan. 1881
Died: 30 June 1967
 
Notes:
There appear to have been players named 'J.H. Clark' and 'J.W. Clark' as well as 'John Levi Clark' playing in the same places around the same time. It is often not clear which of these players played in a given event.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 302
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 72
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 284
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 48
Web
   Jirousek, Jim.  [1899 Nebraska's First Tourn. & Champ]
   [John Levi Clark]

Tournament data

Dannebrog 1899     1st Nebraska Chess Assocation Tourney     4.5  /  8
Saint Louis 1904 (1)     7th American Chess Congress - Minor Tournament     2.5  /  13
London, England and New York 1907 (2)     7th Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Roughton, N.J.     0 - 1    
Boston, Massachusetts 1910     Boston Club Championship     3  /  8
Rochester, New York 1910 (1)     23rd New York State Chess Association Master Tournament     5  /  8
Excelsior 1911     12th Western Chess Association Tournament     7.5  /  13
Boston, Massachusetts 1911     Boston Chess Club Championship     10  /  12
New York 1914 (8)     Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Lipschutz, P.     1 - 0    
New York 1914 (10)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Farley, P.A.     1 - 0    
New York 1914 (11)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - White, J.H. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (12)     Manhattan Club - Washington Heights Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Eolis, A.L.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1915 (2)     Staten Island Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Klingspor, G.     0 - 1    
New York 1915 (4)     Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Menkes, J.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Roeske, G.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1916 (6)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Albert, B.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025