Griffith, Richard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  299  2170 (162) 1
1897  289  2183 (159) 0
1898  285  2197 (155) 0
1899  277  2211 (152) 0
1900  250  2224 (148) 0
1901  236  2238 (144) 0
1902  230  2252 (140) 0
1903  213  2265 (135) 0
1904  200  2279 (130) 0
1905  184  2292 (125) 0
1906  167  2306 (119) 0
1907  150  2320 (113) 0
1908  131  2333 (106) 0
1909  124  2347 (98) 0
1910  105  2361 (89) 1
1911  97  2374 (80) 1
1912  90  2387 (70) 12
1913  102  2367 (76) 1
1914  109  2353 (80) 0
1915  116  2339 (84) 0
1916  138  2325 (85) 0
1917  146  2312 (86) 0
1918  171  2298 (85) 0
1919  197  2284 (83) 0
1920  231  2270 (79) 0
1921  276  2256 (74) 6
1922  281  2257 (79) 0
1923  294  2258 (82) 0
1924  302  2259 (83) 0
1925  318  2260 (83) 1
1926  295  2271 (83) 9
1927  317  2273 (91) 0
1928  322  2275 (97) 0
1929  315  2277 (102) 0
1930  318  2279 (107) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Griffith, Richard Clewin  
Born: 22 July 1872
Died: 11 Dec. 1955
 
Notes:
Hooper & Whyld give birth year as 1875 on p.173 of the first edition of the Oxford Companion to Chess, but 1872 on p.208. Gaige gives birth date as 22-07-1872.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 180
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 324
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 960
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 150
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 241, 575
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 173, 208
   Hooper and Brandreth, Unknown Capablanca, page 109
   King, Sultan Khan, page 242
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 93
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 165
Web
   Saunders, John.  [Britbase Chess Archive : Material from the 1920s - Part 1]

Tournament data

London, England 1896 (3)     North of the Thames - South of the Thames Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Banks, H.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Leicester 1910     City of London Club - Manchester Club Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Turner, W.     1 - 0    
London, England 1911 (1)     City of London - North Manchester Club Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Sutcliffe, M.     1 - 0    
Richmond 1912 (1)     British Championship Team - Major Open Team Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Waterman, J.C.     1 - 0    
Richmond 1912 (2)     9th British Chess Federation Congress - Championship     8  /  11
Rugby 1913     City of London Club - Midland Counties Chess Union Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - McCarthy, F.     1 - 0    
Hastings 1921 (1)     1st Hastings Christmas Congress - British Champions' Tournament     1.5  /  6
Leeds 1925     English Counties Championship Final Match: Middlesex - Yorkshire    
  Griffith, R.C. - Dale, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1926 (1)     3rd London Chess League Congress     7.5  /  9
London, England 1930 (2)     Empire Social Club - Sir Umar Hayat Khan's Team Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Sultan Khan, M.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 15 Jun. 2021