Frère, Walter
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1892 |
224 |
2242 | (57) | 9 |
| 1893 |
224 |
2240 | (44) | 26 |
| 1894 |
271 |
2208 | (41) | 25 |
| 1895 |
350 |
2155 | (50) | 3 |
| 1896 |
368 |
2143 | (54) | 3 |
| 1897 |
371 |
2144 | (55) | 3 |
| 1898 |
407 |
2134 | (55) | 11 |
| 1899 |
461 |
2112 | (62) | 2 |
| 1900 |
546 |
2079 | (67) | 0 |
| 1901 |
622 |
2047 | (69) | 8 |
| 1902 |
641 |
2047 | (79) | 0 |
| 1903 |
636 |
2046 | (86) | 0 |
| 1904 |
663 |
2046 | (92) | 0 |
| 1905 |
685 |
2045 | (97) | 0 |
| 1906 |
693 |
2045 | (101) | 0 |
| 1907 |
725 |
2044 | (104) | 0 |
| 1908 |
729 |
2044 | (107) | 0 |
| 1909 |
784 |
2044 | (109) | 0 |
| 1910 |
780 |
2043 | (111) | 0 |
| 1911 |
793 |
2043 | (112) | 0 |
| 1912 |
782 |
2042 | (113) | 0 |
| 1913 |
792 |
2042 | (113) | 0 |
| 1914 |
778 |
2041 | (113) | 0 |
| 1915 |
734 |
2041 | (112) | 0 |
| 1916 |
718 |
2040 | (111) | 0 |
| 1917 |
713 |
2040 | (109) | 0 |
| 1918 |
730 |
2039 | (107) | 0 |
| 1919 |
735 |
2039 | (104) | 0 |
| 1920 |
807 |
2038 | (101) | 0 |
| 1921 |
874 |
2038 | (97) | 0 |
| 1922 |
913 |
2037 | (91) | 0 |
| 1923 |
1006 |
2037 | (85) | 2 |
| 1924 |
1059 |
2030 | (81) | 0 |
| 1925 |
1132 |
2022 | (75) | 0 |
| 1926 |
1205 |
2015 | (66) | 13 |
| 1927 |
1317 |
1989 | (72) | 0 |
| 1928 |
1385 |
1963 | (75) | 0 |
| 1929 |
1464 |
1937 | (76) | 0 |
| 1930 |
1541 |
1911 | (75) | 0 |
| 1931 |
1668 |
1884 | (72) | 1 |
| 1932 |
1733 |
1864 | (67) | 13 |
| 1933 |
1724 |
1856 | (67) | 0 |
| 1934 |
1848 |
1849 | (65) | 11 |
| 1935 |
1862 |
1826 | (66) | 14 |
| 1936 |
1807 |
1817 | (73) | 0 |
| 1937 |
1700 |
1807 | (79) | 0 |
| 1938 |
1677 |
1798 | (82) | 0 |
| 1939 |
1529 |
1788 | (84) | 0 |
| 1940 |
1298 |
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 |
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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| New York 1934 (3) |
17th Marshall Club Championship |
1.5 | / | 11 |
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| 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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