Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  457  2177 (95) 4
1910  477  2172 (96) 1
1911  480  2179 (99) 0
1912  451  2187 (101) 0
1913  419  2194 (102) 0
1914  371  2202 (103) 0
1915  340  2210 (102) 0
1916  325  2217 (102) 0
1917  309  2225 (100) 0
1918  294  2232 (98) 0
1919  276  2240 (95) 0
1920  279  2247 (91) 0
1921  282  2255 (86) 0
1922  277  2262 (80) 0
1923  276  2270 (72) 0
1924  268  2277 (61) 16
1925  334  2257 (69) 0
1926  396  2236 (75) 1
1927  461  2228 (79) 0
1928  493  2220 (82) 0
1929  523  2211 (83) 0
1930  578  2203 (83) 0
1931  649  2195 (81) 0
1932  684  2186 (78) 0
1933  753  2178 (73) 1
1934  733  2183 (68) 0
1935  753  2187 (59) 20
1936  793  2170 (72) 0
1937  823  2153 (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