Griffith, Richard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1896  305  2171 (162) 1
1897  288  2185 (159) 0
1898  282  2199 (155) 0
1899  277  2212 (152) 0
1900  254  2226 (148) 0
1901  239  2240 (144) 0
1902  227  2253 (139) 0
1903  203  2267 (135) 0
1904  196  2281 (130) 0
1905  178  2294 (125) 0
1906  165  2308 (119) 0
1907  146  2322 (113) 0
1908  130  2335 (106) 0
1909  117  2349 (98) 0
1910  102  2363 (89) 1
1911  95  2377 (80) 1
1912  86  2389 (69) 12
1913  101  2369 (75) 1
1914  104  2355 (80) 0
1915  114  2340 (83) 0
1916  130  2326 (85) 0
1917  144  2312 (86) 0
1918  170  2298 (85) 0
1919  188  2284 (83) 0
1920  226  2270 (79) 0
1921  272  2256 (74) 6
1922  285  2257 (79) 0
1923  294  2258 (82) 0
1924  304  2259 (83) 0
1925  314  2260 (83) 1
1926  293  2270 (83) 9
1927  318  2272 (91) 0
1928  321  2275 (97) 0
1929  322  2277 (102) 0
1930  314  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, London 1912 (1)     British Championship Team - Major Open Team Match    
  Griffith, R.C. - Waterman, J.C.     1 - 0    
Richmond, London 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