Rutherford, Watson




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1878  188  2168 (105) 2
1879  187  2171 (100) 0
1880  209  2174 (94) 0
1881  229  2177 (87) 0
1882  230  2180 (78) 0
1883  242  2183 (68) 1
1884  263  2175 (55) 19
1885  260  2175 (62) 1
1886  263  2181 (66) 0
1887  256  2186 (66) 4
1888  230  2210 (69) 3
1889  228  2211 (72) 2
1890  257  2198 (76) 2
1891  288  2175 (80) 1
1892  348  2151 (83) 1
1893  357  2140 (87) 2
1894  376  2131 (93) 0
1895  397  2122 (98) 1
1896  389  2121 (103) 0
1897  403  2121 (108) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Rutherford, William Watson  
   Also known as: Sir Watson Rutherford
Born: 1853
Died: 3 Dec. 1927
 
Notes:
Brother of Arthur Rutherford. Steve Mann gives date of birth as '1852/53', and points out that although his birth was registerd in the first quarter of 1853, he could have been born in the later part of Dec. 1852.
 
References
Books
   Edgar, Liverpool Chess Club, page 27, 28, 30, 67, 77, 78, 81, 83
   England, Liverpool Chess Club, Annual Report 1912, page 16
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 149, 410, 411, 968
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 322
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 349
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 181
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 380
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 208
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1884, page 439
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Early Games of Chess by Telephone], page 13
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1883: Yorkshire v Lancashire]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Rutherfords of Liverpool]
   Winter, Edward.  [Chess and the House of Commons]

Tournament data

Manchester 1878     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Jones, W. (1)     2 - 0    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Whitman, C.W.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1884 (1)     Liverpool Club Tournament     8.5  /  16      odds player in pawn and move class
Liverpool 1884 (2)     1st Rutherford Silver Cup Competition    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Beakbane, A.     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1884 (3)     2nd Rutherford Silver Cup Competition    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Freeman, H. (1)     1 - 0    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Stokoe, T.Y.     0.5 - 1.5    
Liverpool 1885     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Kipping, J.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bradford 1887 (2)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Wright, F.H.     0 - 1    
Liverpool 1887 (2)     Liverpool Club - Irish Chess Association Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Peake, A.S.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1887 (3)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Lewis, J.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Manchester 1887     Manchester St. Ann's - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Hodgson, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Liverpool 1888 (1)     Manchester and District - Liverpool and District Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Hodgson, J.     1 - 0    
Glasgow 1888 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Russell, J. (1)     1 - 0    
Manchester 1888     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Lewis, J.J.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1889 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Russell, J. (1)     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1889 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Thompson, J. (4)     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1890 (1)     Bradford - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Waight, H.H.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1890 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Wilson, T.B.     1 - 0    
Glasgow 1891 (2)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Tait, W.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1892     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Marriott, A.R.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Thorold, E.     0 - 1    
Dublin 1893     Dublin - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Woollett, M.S.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1895 (1)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Wright, G.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Liverpool 1895 (2)     Liverpool Club - Liverpool North End Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Levy, J.J.     1 - 0          Rutherford, W.W. gave odds of a knight
Liverpool 1897 (1)     Glasgow - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Chambers, J.D.     1 - 0    
Liverpool 1897 (2)     Manchester - Liverpool Club Match    
  Rutherford, W.W. - Hodgson, J.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 13 Jun. 2024