Frère, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  223  2240 (57) 9
1893  224  2239 (44) 26
1894  270  2206 (41) 25
1895  350  2154 (50) 3
1896  366  2141 (54) 3
1897  370  2142 (55) 3
1898  405  2133 (55) 11
1899  459  2110 (62) 2
1900  539  2078 (67) 0
1901  618  2046 (69) 8
1902  633  2045 (79) 0
1903  626  2045 (86) 0
1904  653  2045 (92) 0
1905  678  2045 (97) 0
1906  685  2044 (101) 0
1907  718  2044 (104) 0
1908  719  2044 (107) 0
1909  771  2043 (109) 0
1910  770  2043 (111) 0
1911  785  2043 (112) 0
1912  775  2042 (113) 0
1913  782  2042 (113) 0
1914  767  2042 (113) 0
1915  724  2042 (112) 0
1916  709  2041 (111) 0
1917  705  2041 (109) 0
1918  725  2041 (107) 0
1919  722  2040 (104) 0
1920  791  2040 (101) 0
1921  854  2040 (96) 0
1922  891  2039 (91) 0
1923  981  2039 (85) 2
1924  1030  2032 (81) 0
1925  1097  2025 (75) 0
1926  1178  2018 (66) 13
1927  1279  1992 (72) 0
1928  1351  1966 (75) 0
1929  1417  1940 (76) 0
1930  1494  1913 (75) 0
1931  1627  1887 (72) 1
1932  1690  1867 (67) 13
1933  1680  1858 (67) 0
1934  1805  1850 (65) 11
1935  1832  1828 (66) 14
1936  1768  1818 (73) 0
1937  1661  1808 (78) 0
1938  1646  1798 (82) 0
1939  1490  1789 (84) 0
1940  1291  1779 (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