Clarke, Ernest




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  801  1915 (90) 9
1899  801  1931 (94) 0
1900  792  1948 (97) 0
1901  764  1964 (100) 0
1902  751  1981 (102) 0
1903  722  1997 (103) 0
1904  736  2014 (103) 0
1905  726  2031 (103) 0
1906  696  2047 (102) 0
1907  683  2064 (101) 0
1908  650  2080 (98) 0
1909  653  2097 (95) 0
1910  608  2113 (92) 0
1911  598  2130 (87) 0
1912  547  2146 (80) 0
1913  526  2163 (72) 10
1914  505  2161 (77) 0
1915  482  2159 (79) 1
1916  490  2158 (81) 1
1917  481  2163 (84) 0
1918  471  2168 (84) 0
1919  472  2173 (84) 0
1920  483  2178 (82) 0
1921  504  2183 (78) 0
1922  502  2188 (73) 10
1923  635  2165 (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