Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1884 |
465 |
2014 | (61) | 9 |
| 1885 |
505 |
1991 | (55) | 11 |
| 1886 |
559 |
1953 | (55) | 11 |
| 1887 |
569 |
1941 | (61) | 0 |
| 1888 |
570 |
1929 | (62) | 0 |
| 1889 |
576 |
1918 | (59) | 10 |
| 1890 |
604 |
1910 | (63) | 0 |
| 1891 |
618 |
1902 | (63) | 0 |
| 1892 |
650 |
1895 | (59) | 10 |
| 1893 |
653 |
1917 | (61) | 0 |
| 1894 |
643 |
1940 | (57) | 8 |
| 1895 |
567 |
1984 | (57) | 7 |
| 1896 |
564 |
1973 | (58) | 5 |
| 1897 |
531 |
1999 | (57) | 10 |
| 1898 |
534 |
2002 | (64) | 0 |
| 1899 |
535 |
2006 | (67) | 0 |
| 1900 |
525 |
2010 | (67) | 0 |
| 1901 |
531 |
2013 | (65) | 4 |
| 1902 |
559 |
1995 | (63) | 6 |
| 1903 |
577 |
1981 | (61) | 9 |
| 1904 |
658 |
1956 | (59) | 15 |
| 1905 |
718 |
1927 | (60) | 13 |
| 1906 |
753 |
1905 | (64) | 0 |
| 1907 |
790 |
1883 | (61) | 19 |
| 1908 |
802 |
1859 | (69) | 0 |
| 1909 |
896 |
1836 | (74) | 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 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 189, 329, 363, 575 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 121 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 192, 206 |
| Periodicals |
| [AS], vol. 40, no. 310, 30 Dec. 1909, page 5 |
| [NZH], vol. 39, no. 11854, 4 Jan. 1902, page 4 |
| [ODT], no. 12552, 5 Jan. 1903, page 3 |
| [OW], no. 2458, 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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