Frère, Walter
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1892 |
222 |
2243 | (57) | 9 |
| 1893 |
227 |
2241 | (44) | 26 |
| 1894 |
278 |
2208 | (41) | 25 |
| 1895 |
356 |
2156 | (50) | 3 |
| 1896 |
370 |
2144 | (54) | 3 |
| 1897 |
372 |
2145 | (55) | 3 |
| 1898 |
408 |
2136 | (55) | 11 |
| 1899 |
461 |
2113 | (62) | 2 |
| 1900 |
548 |
2081 | (67) | 0 |
| 1901 |
622 |
2049 | (69) | 8 |
| 1902 |
642 |
2048 | (79) | 0 |
| 1903 |
638 |
2048 | (86) | 0 |
| 1904 |
668 |
2047 | (92) | 0 |
| 1905 |
691 |
2047 | (97) | 0 |
| 1906 |
699 |
2046 | (101) | 0 |
| 1907 |
727 |
2046 | (104) | 0 |
| 1908 |
732 |
2045 | (107) | 0 |
| 1909 |
788 |
2045 | (109) | 0 |
| 1910 |
789 |
2044 | (111) | 0 |
| 1911 |
803 |
2044 | (112) | 0 |
| 1912 |
790 |
2043 | (113) | 0 |
| 1913 |
807 |
2043 | (113) | 0 |
| 1914 |
789 |
2043 | (113) | 0 |
| 1915 |
736 |
2042 | (112) | 0 |
| 1916 |
721 |
2042 | (111) | 0 |
| 1917 |
718 |
2041 | (109) | 0 |
| 1918 |
736 |
2041 | (107) | 0 |
| 1919 |
739 |
2040 | (104) | 0 |
| 1920 |
812 |
2040 | (101) | 0 |
| 1921 |
884 |
2039 | (97) | 0 |
| 1922 |
916 |
2039 | (91) | 0 |
| 1923 |
1017 |
2038 | (85) | 2 |
| 1924 |
1067 |
2031 | (81) | 0 |
| 1925 |
1146 |
2024 | (75) | 0 |
| 1926 |
1225 |
2016 | (66) | 13 |
| 1927 |
1346 |
1990 | (72) | 0 |
| 1928 |
1423 |
1964 | (75) | 0 |
| 1929 |
1491 |
1938 | (76) | 0 |
| 1930 |
1563 |
1911 | (75) | 0 |
| 1931 |
1686 |
1885 | (72) | 1 |
| 1932 |
1753 |
1864 | (67) | 13 |
| 1933 |
1754 |
1857 | (67) | 0 |
| 1934 |
1875 |
1849 | (65) | 11 |
| 1935 |
1891 |
1827 | (66) | 14 |
| 1936 |
1839 |
1817 | (73) | 0 |
| 1937 |
1730 |
1808 | (78) | 0 |
| 1938 |
1717 |
1798 | (82) | 0 |
| 1939 |
1580 |
1789 | (84) | 0 |
| 1940 |
1359 |
1779 | (85) | 8 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Frère, Walter |
| Born: 19 Jan. 1874 |
| Died: 24 Apr. 1943 |
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| 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 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
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 |
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|
Frere, W. - Polland, D.S. |
0 - 1 |
| | | |
| New York 1932 (14) |
16th Marshall Club Championship |
0.5 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| New York 1934 (3) |
17th Marshall Club Championship |
1.5 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| New York 1935 (4) |
18th Marshall Club Championship |
1 | / | 14 |
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| New York 1940 (7) |
3rd U.S.A. Championship - Preliminary Section C |
2 | / | 8 |
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| Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025 |
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