Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  452  2175 (95) 4
1910  465  2170 (96) 1
1911  472  2178 (99) 0
1912  443  2185 (101) 0
1913  410  2193 (102) 0
1914  361  2201 (103) 0
1915  331  2208 (102) 0
1916  322  2216 (102) 0
1917  300  2224 (100) 0
1918  286  2231 (98) 0
1919  273  2239 (95) 0
1920  276  2247 (91) 0
1921  278  2254 (86) 0
1922  272  2262 (80) 0
1923  271  2270 (72) 0
1924  265  2277 (62) 16
1925  324  2256 (70) 0
1926  399  2235 (75) 1
1927  459  2226 (79) 0
1928  498  2217 (82) 0
1929  524  2208 (83) 0
1930  579  2199 (83) 0
1931  636  2190 (81) 0
1932  677  2181 (78) 0
1933  756  2172 (73) 1
1934  726  2176 (68) 0
1935  742  2180 (59) 20
1936  771  2163 (72) 0
1937  806  2145 (82) 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    
Philadelphia 1933     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Ruth, W.A. - Denker, A.S.     0 - 1    
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: 12 Nov. 2024