Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1884 |
398 |
2024 | (61) | 9 |
| 1885 |
440 |
2001 | (55) | 11 |
| 1886 |
492 |
1961 | (55) | 11 |
| 1887 |
500 |
1949 | (61) | 0 |
| 1888 |
498 |
1937 | (62) | 0 |
| 1889 |
509 |
1924 | (59) | 10 |
| 1890 |
533 |
1916 | (64) | 0 |
| 1891 |
552 |
1908 | (64) | 0 |
| 1892 |
581 |
1900 | (59) | 10 |
| 1893 |
582 |
1922 | (61) | 0 |
| 1894 |
569 |
1943 | (57) | 8 |
| 1895 |
484 |
1987 | (57) | 7 |
| 1896 |
495 |
1976 | (58) | 5 |
| 1897 |
461 |
2000 | (58) | 10 |
| 1898 |
475 |
2002 | (65) | 0 |
| 1899 |
471 |
2004 | (68) | 0 |
| 1900 |
459 |
2006 | (69) | 0 |
| 1901 |
476 |
2008 | (66) | 4 |
| 1902 |
504 |
1988 | (65) | 6 |
| 1903 |
515 |
1974 | (63) | 9 |
| 1904 |
578 |
1948 | (62) | 15 |
| 1905 |
635 |
1920 | (63) | 13 |
| 1906 |
655 |
1898 | (66) | 0 |
| 1907 |
684 |
1876 | (64) | 19 |
| 1908 |
687 |
1853 | (72) | 0 |
| 1909 |
745 |
1829 | (76) | 8 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Forsyth, David |
| Born: 16 May 1854 |
| Died: 30 Dec. 1909 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives date of death c30-12-1909. Gaige gives 'Forsyth, David'; OzBase gives 'Forsyth, David C'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 124 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 212 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 121 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 192, 206 |
| Periodicals |
| [AS], vol. 40, 30 Dec. 1909, page 5 |
| [NZH], vol. 39, 4 Jan. 1902, page 4 |
| [ODT], 5 Jan. 1903, page 3 |
| [OW], 24 Apr. 1901, page 56 |
| Web |
| Dunn, Paul. [20th New Zealand Championship 1906-7] |
| McGowan, Alan. [Scottish Championship 1895] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 5051. Recognizable?] |
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