Ruth, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  450  2175 (95) 4
1910  462  2170 (96) 1
1911  475  2178 (99) 0
1912  445  2185 (101) 0
1913  412  2193 (102) 0
1914  368  2200 (103) 0
1915  337  2208 (102) 0
1916  325  2216 (102) 0
1917  307  2223 (100) 0
1918  290  2231 (98) 0
1919  275  2239 (95) 0
1920  280  2246 (91) 0
1921  282  2254 (86) 0
1922  276  2261 (80) 0
1923  274  2269 (72) 0
1924  265  2277 (62) 16
1925  327  2256 (70) 0
1926  400  2235 (75) 1
1927  460  2226 (79) 0
1928  497  2217 (82) 0
1929  526  2209 (83) 0
1930  576  2200 (83) 0
1931  637  2191 (81) 0
1932  676  2182 (78) 0
1933  757  2173 (73) 1
1934  727  2178 (68) 0
1935  746  2182 (59) 20
1936  784  2164 (72) 0
1937  822  2147 (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