William Ward
Number of games in database: 24
Years covered: 1876 to 1911
Overall record: +11 -7 =6 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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D00		Queen's Pawn Game (3 games)
D05		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
C45		Scotch Game (2 games)
D60		Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (2 games)
B32		Sicilian (2 games)
B73		Sicilian, Dragon, Classical (2 games)

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WILLIAM WARD (born Mar-03-1867, died Oct-16-1920) United Kingdom [what is this?] William Ward won the City of London Chess Club Championship in 1905-06, 1908-09, 1909-10, and 1910-11. He finished =2d at the 1905 BCF Championship, 2d at the 1908 BCF Championship (both behind Henry Ernest Atkins). He lost a match to Frank James Marshall in 1902 (+2 =0 -4).

page 1 of 1; 24 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F G Rowe vs W Ward 0-1 18 1876 Unknown C53 Giuoco Piano 2. E Jones vs W Ward   0-1 44 1900 London B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 3. W Ward vs Loman   1-0 21 1900 London D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. W Ward vs Blackburne   1-0 46 1900 London D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 5. W Ward vs J Mason   ½-½ 51 1900 London D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 6. W Ward vs Teichmann   0-1 35 1900 London D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. F J Lee vs W Ward   ½-½ 72 1900 London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 8. L Van Vliet vs W Ward   ½-½ 58 1900 London B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 9. W Ward vs T Physick   1-0 46 1900 London D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. W Ward vs T F Lawrence   1-0 36 1900 London D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. A Tietjen vs W Ward   0-1 97 1900 London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 12. C Newman vs W Ward   ½-½ 23 1900 5th Anglo-American Cable Match D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 13. S Passmore vs W Ward   0-1 39 1900 London B30 Sicilian 14. Gunsberg vs W Ward   1-0 36 1900 London D00 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Marshall vs W Ward   0-1 61 1901 6th Anglo-American Cable Match D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. S Bampton vs W Ward   1-0 44 1907 9th Anglo-American Cable Match D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. Blackburne vs W Ward 1-0 23 1907 London C45 Scotch Game 18. H Shoosmith vs W Ward   1-0 32 1908 British Championship D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 19. C S Howell vs W Ward   ½-½ 64 1908 10th Anglo-American Cable Match B40 Sicilian 20. Gunsberg vs W Ward   0-1 33 1908 British Championship B32 Sicilian 21. A Hodges vs W Ward   1-0 22 1909 11th Anglo-American Cable Match B32 Sicilian 22. Blackburne vs W Ward 1-0 28 1909 Scarborough C45 Scotch Game 23. G Schwietzer vs W Ward   ½-½ 31 1910 12th Anglo-American Cable Match D05 Queen's Pawn Game 24. W Ward vs G Walcott   1-0 56 1911 13th Anglo-American Cable Match D05 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 1; 24 games

Jul-05-12    whiteshark: The pessimist complains about De Wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. -William Arthur Ward Aug-22-12    Karpova: Ward won the Championship Tournament of the City of London Chess Club (for the 5th time) which ended at the beginning of March 1909. Standing after 17 rounds: 1. W. Ward 15.0 2. J. H. Blake 13.5 3. G. E. Wainwright 12.0 4. E. C. Sergeant 11.5 5. C. J. Woon 10.0 6-7. R. P. Michell 9.5 6-7. J. P. Savage 9.5 8. E. O. Jones 9.0 9 - 15 ? 16. Mortimer 5.0 From pages 251-252 of the 1909 'Wiener Schachzeitung' Mar-18-13    FSR: <Karpova> It was a round-robin. The other players were: 9. W.E. Allnutt 8.0 10. Henry Stephens Barlow 7.5 11. Percy Rawle Gibbs 7.5 12. Arthur John Curnock 7.0 13. J.F. Allcock 6.5 14. E. Morgan 6.5 15. T.R.E. Ross 5.5 17. H.B. Uber 5 18. Percy E. Heale 4.5 Gino Di Felice, Chess Results 1901-1920, p. 282.

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