Driver, Philip




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  727  1987 (66) 10
1906  716  2006 (60) 9
1907  716  2018 (59) 6
1908  709  2024 (62) 2
1909  735  2040 (63) 1
1910  690  2052 (62) 1
1911  713  2053 (59) 15
1912  688  2063 (68) 2
1913  675  2067 (77) 1
1914  622  2077 (85) 0
1915  575  2087 (92) 1
1916  579  2087 (99) 0
1917  570  2086 (105) 0
1918  589  2086 (111) 0
1919  593  2085 (116) 0
1920  643  2085 (120) 0
1921  689  2084 (124) 0
1922  700  2084 (128) 0
1923  763  2084 (131) 0
1924  809  2083 (134) 0
1925  829  2083 (137) 0
1926  853  2082 (140) 0
1927  881  2082 (142) 0
1928  864  2081 (144) 0
1929  871  2081 (146) 0
1930  912  2080 (148) 0
1931  904  2080 (150) 0
1932  905  2079 (151) 0
1933  906  2079 (153) 0
1934  895  2079 (154) 0
1935  877  2078 (155) 0
1936  809  2078 (156) 0
1937  685  2077 (157) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Driver, Philip Brognard  
Born: 24 June 1879
Died: 22 Aug. 1956
 
Notes:
Gaige (Chess Tournament Crosstables) has 'Driver, P.C.' at Philadelphia 1904-1905 and 'Driver, B.P.' at Philadelphia 1911. I presume these are all meant to be Philip Brognard Driver.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 303
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 380
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 150
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 98
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 268, 307, 340
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 280
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 60
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 170, 187

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1905 (2)     20th Franklin Chess Club Championship     1  /  10
Philadelphia 1906     21st Franklin Chess Club Championship     4  /  11
Saint Lawrence River 1907 (2)     20th New York State Chess Association General Tournament     4  /  7
New York 1908 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Delmar, E. (1)     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1908 (4)     Rex Club - Reichhelm Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Eschner, M.R.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1909 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Koehler, G.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1910 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Field, O.W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1911 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Championship     0  /  1
Philadelphia 1911 (6)     26th Franklin Club Championship     3.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1912 (7)     Franklin Chess Club Championship    
  Driver, P.B. - Mlotkowski, S.     0.5 - 1.5    
Philadelphia 1913     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Rosenbaum, H.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - de Visser, W.M.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1934     Marshall Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Byrne, C.J.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1935     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Fischer, J.     0 - 1    
New York 1937 (2)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Phillips, H.M.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 21 Jun. 2023