Clarke, Ernest




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  802  1913 (90) 9
1899  804  1930 (94) 0
1900  796  1946 (98) 0
1901  766  1963 (100) 0
1902  754  1980 (102) 0
1903  722  1996 (103) 0
1904  734  2013 (103) 0
1905  723  2030 (103) 0
1906  697  2046 (102) 0
1907  682  2063 (101) 0
1908  650  2079 (99) 0
1909  653  2096 (96) 0
1910  607  2113 (92) 0
1911  598  2129 (87) 0
1912  548  2146 (80) 0
1913  527  2163 (72) 10
1914  502  2161 (77) 0
1915  479  2159 (79) 1
1916  487  2158 (81) 1
1917  478  2163 (84) 0
1918  473  2168 (84) 0
1919  468  2173 (84) 0
1920  481  2178 (82) 0
1921  502  2183 (78) 0
1922  498  2188 (73) 10
1923  631  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