Driver, Philip




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  766  1971 (66) 10
1906  757  1990 (60) 9
1907  752  2000 (59) 6
1908  749  2004 (62) 2
1909  792  2017 (63) 1
1910  768  2027 (62) 1
1911  792  2024 (59) 15
1912  774  2026 (68) 2
1913  781  2023 (76) 1
1914  735  2025 (83) 0
1915  693  2026 (89) 1
1916  692  2021 (95) 0
1917  696  2015 (101) 0
1918  719  2010 (106) 0
1919  730  2004 (110) 0
1920  813  1999 (113) 0
1921  885  1993 (116) 0
1922  901  1988 (119) 0
1923  1002  1982 (121) 0
1924  1069  1976 (122) 0
1925  1130  1971 (124) 0
1926  1185  1965 (125) 0
1927  1234  1960 (126) 0
1928  1225  1954 (126) 0
1929  1243  1949 (127) 0
1930  1288  1943 (127) 0
1931  1325  1938 (126) 0
1932  1351  1932 (126) 0
1933  1359  1927 (125) 0
1934  1438  1921 (124) 1
1935  1386  1924 (125) 1
1936  1253  1931 (127) 0
1937  1130  1937 (130) 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: 18 Mar. 2024