Clarke, Ernest




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  799  1912 (90) 9
1899  800  1928 (94) 0
1900  796  1945 (98) 0
1901  764  1962 (100) 0
1902  751  1978 (102) 0
1903  720  1995 (103) 0
1904  733  2011 (103) 0
1905  719  2028 (103) 0
1906  694  2044 (102) 0
1907  682  2061 (101) 0
1908  653  2078 (99) 0
1909  653  2094 (96) 0
1910  605  2111 (92) 0
1911  597  2127 (87) 0
1912  548  2144 (80) 0
1913  521  2160 (72) 10
1914  499  2159 (77) 0
1915  479  2157 (79) 1
1916  481  2155 (81) 1
1917  474  2160 (84) 0
1918  471  2165 (84) 0
1919  464  2170 (84) 0
1920  479  2175 (82) 0
1921  499  2181 (78) 0
1922  499  2186 (73) 10
1923  627  2162 (82) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Clarke, Ernest J.  
Born: 17 Nov. 1877
Died: 16 Dec. 1948
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 72
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 285, 289
   Hilbert, Napier, page 64
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 23, 168, 267
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 355
Periodicals
   [ACB], vol. 10, no. 11, Nov. 1913, page 252
   [SFCa], vol. 113, no. 148, 27 Apr. 1913, page 63
Web
   Donaldson, John.  [History of the MI Chess Room]

Tournament data

New York 1898 (4)     Brooklyn Club Championship     4  /  11
San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1913     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - Waterman, W.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
San Francisco, California 1913     San Francisco Invitation Tournament     4.5  /  7
  Clarke, E.J. - Hallwegen, G.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Clarke, E.J. - Fink, A.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1915     San Francisco - Los Angeles Telegraphic Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - Waterman, C.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
San Francisco, California and Los Angeles 1916     San Francisco - Southern California Telegraphic Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - Griffith, R.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
San Francisco, California and Portland, Oregon 1921     San Francisco - Portland Telegraphic Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - van Zante, J.     1 - 0    
San Francisco, California 1922     1st California Championship     6  /  10
Los Angeles and San Francisco, California 1923     Los Angeles - San Francisco Telegraph Match    
  Clarke, E.J. - Mugridge, D.H.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025