Black, Roy




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1909  230  2283 (65) 2
1910  185  2312 (51) 9
1911  137  2345 (43) 22
1912  113  2356 (44) 9
1913  66  2410 (42) 22
1914  46  2435 (43) 7
1915  39  2442 (40) 20
1916  63  2396 (40) 15
1917  69  2386 (41) 15
1918  53  2409 (36) 45
1919  57  2408 (45) 6
1920  58  2408 (46) 11
1921  60  2414 (45) 15
1922  69  2405 (46) 12
1923  89  2383 (48) 13
1924  116  2356 (57) 8
1925  135  2343 (67) 0
1926  171  2331 (74) 0
1927  213  2318 (79) 0
1928  254  2306 (82) 0
1929  273  2293 (84) 0
1930  319  2280 (85) 0
1931  379  2268 (84) 0
1932  419  2255 (81) 0
1933  473  2243 (78) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Black, Roy Turnbull  
Born: 14 Feb. 1888
Died: 27 July 1962
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 301
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 187
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 40
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 246, 300
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 183
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 29
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 348

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Black, R.T. - Schroeder, A. (1) 1918         (f)     6   -   4

Tournament data

New York 1909 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Black, R.T. - Lipschutz, P.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1909 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Black, R.T. - Phillips, H.M.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1910     12th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Black, R.T. - Blake, J.H.     1 - 0    
Rochester, New York 1910 (1)     23rd New York State Chess Association Master Tournament     4  /  8
New York 1911 (1)     New York Tournament     5  /  12
London, England and New York 1911     13th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Black, R.T. - Richmond, G.W.     1 - 0    
New York 1911 (2)     25th Brooklyn Club Championship     7  /  9
New York 1912 (2)     Brooklyn Club Championship     5  /  9
New York 1913 (3)     Brooklyn Club Championship     8.5  /  11
New York 1913 (5)     Rice Club Summer Tournament     8  /  11
New York 1914 (5)     36th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship     3.5  /  4
  Black, R.T. - Rosenthal, J.C.     1 - 0    
New York and Washington 1914     Brooklyn Club - Capital City Club Match    
  Black, R.T. - Whitaker, N.T.     1 - 0    
New York 1914 (10)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Black, R.T. - Kupchik, A.     0 - 1    
New York 1915 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Black, R.T. - Chajes, O.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (8)     New York State Chess Association Tournament    
  Black, R.T. - Simonson, E.     0 - 1    
  Black, R.T. - Marder, A.     1 - 0    
  Black, R.T. - Chajes, O.     1 - 0    
  Black, R.T. - Zirn, H.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (9)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Black, R.T. - Rosenthal, J.C.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (12)     Metropolitan Chess League Individual Championship     11.5  /  15
New York 1916 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Black, R.T. - Kostic, B.     0 - 1    
New York 1916 (3)     New York Tournament - Preliminary Section     5  /  13
New York 1916 (5)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Black, R.T. - Kupchik, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1917 (2)     Brooklyn Club Championship     7  /  10
New York 1917 (3)     New York Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament    
  Black, R.T. - Svenson, S.A.G.     1 - 0    
  Black, R.T. - Field, O.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Black, R.T. - Hallgarten, A.N.     1 - 0    
  Black, R.T. - Perkins, F.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Black, R.T. - Chajes, O.     0 - 1    
New York 1918 (1)     Brooklyn Club Championship - Preliminary     5  /  5
New York 1918 (2)     Brooklyn Club Championship - Final     3.5  /  4
New York 1918 (4)     New York State Chess Association - Section I     3.5  /  5
New York 1918 (6)     New York State Chess Association - Final    
  Black, R.T. - Schroeder, A. (1)     0 - 1    
Rye Beach 1918     Rye Beach Tournament     5  /  8
New York 1918 (8)     New York Tournament     3.5  /  12
New York 1919 (3)     Manhattan Club Championship     5  /  6
New York and Boston, Massachusetts 1920     Manhattan Club - Boston City Club Telegraphic Match    
  Black, R.T. - Babbitt, G.H.     0 - 1    
New York and Washington 1920     Manhattan Club - Capital City Club Telegraphic Match    
  Black, R.T. - Walker, F.B.     1 - 0    
New York 1920 (1)     Manhattan Chess Club Championship     5.5  /  9
New York 1921 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     10.5  /  12
  Black, R.T. - Janowsky, D.M.     1 - 2    
New York 1922 (3)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Black, R.T. - Marshall, F.J.     1 - 0    
New York and Buenos Aires 1922     New York - Buenos Aires Telegraphic Match    
  Black, R.T. - Villegas, B.H.     1 - 0    
New York 1922 (8)     Manhattan Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  10
Lake Hopatcong 1923     9th American Chess Congress     7  /  13
Rochester, New York 1924     46th New York State Chess Association Congress     6  /  8
Syracuse 1933     55th New York State Chess Association Tournament     6.5  /  11


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025