Frère, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  224  2238 (57) 9
1893  232  2236 (44) 26
1894  284  2203 (41) 25
1895  369  2151 (50) 3
1896  377  2138 (54) 3
1897  380  2140 (55) 3
1898  418  2132 (55) 11
1899  471  2109 (62) 2
1900  558  2077 (67) 0
1901  633  2046 (69) 8
1902  655  2045 (79) 0
1903  657  2045 (86) 0
1904  680  2045 (92) 0
1905  711  2044 (97) 0
1906  719  2044 (101) 0
1907  741  2044 (104) 0
1908  747  2044 (107) 0
1909  799  2043 (109) 0
1910  802  2043 (111) 0
1911  818  2043 (112) 0
1912  798  2042 (113) 0
1913  817  2042 (113) 0
1914  796  2042 (113) 0
1915  742  2041 (112) 0
1916  734  2041 (111) 0
1917  727  2041 (109) 0
1918  745  2041 (107) 0
1919  746  2040 (104) 0
1920  814  2040 (101) 0
1921  888  2040 (97) 0
1922  924  2039 (91) 0
1923  1022  2039 (85) 2
1924  1073  2032 (81) 0
1925  1152  2025 (75) 0
1926  1223  2018 (66) 13
1927  1346  1992 (72) 0
1928  1435  1966 (75) 0
1929  1510  1940 (76) 0
1930  1569  1915 (75) 0
1931  1696  1889 (72) 1
1932  1771  1868 (67) 13
1933  1769  1861 (67) 0
1934  1881  1853 (65) 11
1935  1902  1830 (66) 14
1936  1849  1821 (73) 0
1937  1741  1811 (78) 0
1938  1736  1801 (82) 0
1939  1594  1791 (84) 0
1940  1385  1781 (84) 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 (3)     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