Frère, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  223  2240 (57) 9
1893  224  2238 (44) 26
1894  270  2206 (41) 25
1895  350  2153 (50) 3
1896  364  2141 (54) 3
1897  371  2142 (55) 3
1898  405  2132 (55) 11
1899  459  2109 (62) 2
1900  542  2077 (67) 0
1901  620  2045 (69) 8
1902  634  2045 (79) 0
1903  631  2045 (86) 0
1904  657  2044 (92) 0
1905  680  2044 (97) 0
1906  686  2044 (101) 0
1907  720  2044 (104) 0
1908  721  2043 (107) 0
1909  774  2043 (109) 0
1910  773  2043 (111) 0
1911  787  2042 (112) 0
1912  776  2042 (113) 0
1913  783  2042 (113) 0
1914  769  2041 (113) 0
1915  724  2041 (112) 0
1916  709  2041 (111) 0
1917  705  2040 (109) 0
1918  725  2040 (107) 0
1919  723  2040 (104) 0
1920  791  2039 (101) 0
1921  853  2039 (96) 0
1922  895  2039 (91) 0
1923  989  2038 (85) 2
1924  1033  2031 (81) 0
1925  1099  2024 (75) 0
1926  1181  2017 (66) 13
1927  1283  1991 (72) 0
1928  1354  1965 (75) 0
1929  1428  1939 (76) 0
1930  1504  1913 (75) 0
1931  1647  1886 (72) 1
1932  1703  1866 (67) 13
1933  1694  1858 (67) 0
1934  1814  1850 (65) 11
1935  1838  1827 (66) 14
1936  1771  1817 (73) 0
1937  1661  1807 (78) 0
1938  1645  1798 (82) 0
1939  1490  1788 (84) 0
1940  1291  1778 (85) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Frère, Walter  
Born: 19 Jan. 1874
Died: 24 Apr. 1943
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 383
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 314
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 127
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 167
   Hilbert, Napier, page 9, 67
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 142
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 29, 119
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 181
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 123
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 14
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 148
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 350

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Frere, W. - Bradford, R.F. 1892         (f)     5.5   -   3.5
Helms, H. - Frere, W. 1893         (f)     8   -   8

Tournament data

New York 1893 (6)     New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, First Class    
  Frere, W. - Scripture, W.E.     3 - 1    
New York 1893 (11)     New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, Final     2  /  6
New York 1894 (1)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament    
  Frere, W. - Broughton, L.D.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Frere, W. - Hein, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Frere, W. - Richards, G.H.     1 - 0    
  Frere, W. - Helms, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Otten, H.     0 - 1    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Otten, H.     1 - 0    
Newark 1894     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Sternberg, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Buffalo 1894 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     4  /  7
New York 1894 (8)     Brooklyn Club Championship     6  /  11
New York 1895 (9)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament     0  /  3
New York 1896 (1)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - General Tournament     1  /  3
New York 1897 (4)     19th New York State Chess Association Meeting - General Tournament     1.5  /  3
New York 1898 (4)     Brooklyn Club Championship     6  /  11
New York 1898 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Taubenhaus, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1898 (7)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Taubenhaus, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1899 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmpolitan Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Schoenbaum, D.     1 - 0    
New York 1899 (4)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1901 (1)     Brooklyn Club Championship     4  /  8
New York 1901 (4)     New York State Chess Association - General Tournament    
  Frere, W. - Robinson, E.W.     1 - 0    
  Frere, W. - Stanley (1)     1 - 0    
  Frere, W. - Robinson, T.T.     0 - 1    
New York 1923 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Cohn, A.A.     0 - 1    
New York 1923 (7)     Chess Club International - Newark Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Hodges, A.B.     0 - 1    
New York 1923 (17)     Progressive Club - Newark Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Chajes, O.     1 - 0    
New York 1926 (2)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Tenner, O.     0 - 1    
New York 1926 (4)     Dimock Tournament - Section B     5.5  /  12
New York 1931 (12)     Marshall Club - North Jersey Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Polland, D.S.     0 - 1    
New York 1932 (14)     16th Marshall Club Championship     0.5  /  13
New York 1934 (2)     17th Marshall Club Championship     1.5  /  11
New York 1935 (4)     18th Marshall Club Championship     1  /  14
New York 1940 (7)     3rd U.S.A. Championship - Preliminary Section C     2  /  8


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025