Clark, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1899  776  1909 (93) 8
1900  789  1916 (91) 0
1901  784  1922 (86) 0
1902  768  1929 (81) 0
1903  759  1936 (74) 0
1904  789  1942 (65) 13
1905  775  1972 (69) 0
1906  741  2002 (70) 0
1907  710  2032 (69) 1
1908  621  2077 (66) 0
1909  559  2121 (61) 0
1910  473  2166 (51) 16
1911  409  2204 (49) 24
1912  441  2187 (61) 0
1913  470  2171 (70) 0
1914  480  2154 (75) 3
1915  514  2128 (83) 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 (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    
New York 1914 (11)     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: 17 Dec. 2024