Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1884 |
400 |
2021 | (61) | 9 |
| 1885 |
445 |
1998 | (55) | 11 |
| 1886 |
495 |
1958 | (55) | 11 |
| 1887 |
497 |
1946 | (61) | 0 |
| 1888 |
494 |
1934 | (62) | 0 |
| 1889 |
509 |
1922 | (60) | 10 |
| 1890 |
532 |
1913 | (64) | 0 |
| 1891 |
551 |
1905 | (64) | 0 |
| 1892 |
580 |
1897 | (59) | 10 |
| 1893 |
584 |
1919 | (61) | 0 |
| 1894 |
569 |
1941 | (57) | 8 |
| 1895 |
483 |
1984 | (57) | 7 |
| 1896 |
498 |
1973 | (58) | 5 |
| 1897 |
460 |
1998 | (58) | 10 |
| 1898 |
476 |
1999 | (65) | 0 |
| 1899 |
470 |
2001 | (69) | 0 |
| 1900 |
456 |
2003 | (69) | 0 |
| 1901 |
478 |
2005 | (68) | 4 |
| 1902 |
502 |
1985 | (66) | 6 |
| 1903 |
511 |
1970 | (65) | 9 |
| 1904 |
571 |
1945 | (64) | 15 |
| 1905 |
628 |
1916 | (65) | 13 |
| 1906 |
646 |
1895 | (68) | 0 |
| 1907 |
672 |
1873 | (66) | 19 |
| 1908 |
660 |
1850 | (74) | 0 |
| 1909 |
714 |
1826 | (78) | 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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