Clark, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1899  762  1911 (93) 8
1900  769  1918 (91) 0
1901  776  1924 (86) 0
1902  756  1931 (81) 0
1903  745  1938 (74) 0
1904  782  1945 (65) 13
1905  772  1976 (69) 0
1906  734  2007 (70) 0
1907  700  2038 (69) 1
1908  607  2084 (67) 0
1909  539  2130 (61) 0
1910  448  2177 (51) 16
1911  370  2219 (50) 24
1912  375  2213 (63) 0
1913  385  2206 (73) 0
1914  362  2200 (81) 2
1915  379  2186 (91) 1

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 (9)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - Farley, P.A.     1 - 0    
New York 1914 (10)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Clark, J.L. - White, J.H. (2)     0.5 - 0.5    
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 Nov. 2024