Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  451  2184 (95) 4
1910  463  2179 (96) 1
1911  462  2187 (99) 0
1912  432  2196 (101) 0
1913  408  2204 (102) 0
1914  365  2212 (102) 0
1915  325  2220 (102) 0
1916  313  2229 (101) 0
1917  300  2237 (100) 0
1918  283  2245 (98) 0
1919  262  2253 (95) 0
1920  260  2262 (91) 0
1921  266  2270 (86) 0
1922  259  2278 (80) 0
1923  249  2286 (72) 0
1924  240  2295 (61) 16
1925  268  2283 (68) 0
1926  324  2271 (73) 1
1927  346  2270 (76) 0
1928  353  2268 (78) 0
1929  366  2267 (78) 0
1930  383  2266 (77) 1
1931  401  2265 (75) 0
1932  400  2265 (72) 1
1933  448  2254 (68) 1
1934  478  2252 (63) 1
1935  561  2238 (56) 20
1936  616  2219 (69) 0
1937  669  2200 (79) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Ruth, William Allen  
Born: 18 Sep. 1886
Died: 3 Feb. 1975
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 132
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 76
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 401
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 150
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 366
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables IV, page 622
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 245
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 320
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 283, 316
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 354

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1909 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Shipley, W.P.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1909     11th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Jacobs, H.L.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1909 (3)     12th Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Ruth, W.A. - Shipley, W.P.     0 - 1    
  Ruth, W.A. - Sharp, S.T.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1910 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Neill, B.M.     0 - 1    
Detroit 1924     25th Western Chess Association Tournament     10  /  16
New York 1926 (1)     Manhattan Club - Franklin Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Kupchik, A.     0 - 1    
New York 1930 (10)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Horowitz, I.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1932 (13)     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Willman, R.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1933     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Denker, A.S.     0 - 1    
New York 1934 (1)     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - MacMurray, D.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1935     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - MacMurray, D.     0 - 1    
Milwaukee 1935 (1)     36th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary A     7  /  9
Milwaukee 1935 (4)     36th American Chess Federation Congress - Championship     2  /  10
New York 1937 (3)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Denker, A.S.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026