Driver, Philip




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  762  1981 (62) 10
1906  741  2001 (54) 9
1907  730  2020 (49) 19
1908  742  2017 (56) 2
1909  790  2025 (60) 1
1910  774  2029 (60) 1
1911  808  2022 (57) 15
1912  794  2022 (65) 2
1913  810  2018 (73) 1
1914  763  2019 (79) 0
1915  724  2019 (83) 1
1916  737  2008 (88) 1
1917  732  2005 (93) 0
1918  744  2002 (97) 0
1919  752  1999 (100) 0
1920  837  1996 (102) 0
1921  906  1993 (104) 0
1922  927  1989 (105) 0
1923  1026  1986 (106) 0
1924  1094  1983 (105) 0
1925  1157  1980 (105) 1
1926  1222  1972 (106) 1
1927  1257  1970 (108) 0
1928  1243  1967 (109) 0
1929  1255  1964 (111) 0
1930  1299  1962 (111) 0
1931  1369  1959 (111) 0
1932  1381  1956 (111) 0
1933  1387  1954 (110) 0
1934  1478  1951 (109) 1
1935  1461  1956 (110) 1
1936  1360  1967 (112) 0
1937  1256  1979 (113) 1
1938  1232  1976 (116) 0
1939  1071  1974 (120) 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
Philadelphia 1907 (3)     22nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     5.5  /  13
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    
New York 1916 (6)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Raubitschek, Ru.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1925     Manhattan - Philadelphia Decoration Day Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Katz, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1926 (1)     Manhattan Club - Franklin Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Berman, E.     0 - 1    
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 (3)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Phillips, H.M.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1939     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Driver, P.B. - Soudakoff, J.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 12 Nov. 2024