Frère, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  223  2244 (57) 9
1893  232  2242 (44) 26
1894  280  2209 (41) 25
1895  366  2157 (50) 3
1896  376  2144 (54) 3
1897  379  2146 (55) 3
1898  417  2138 (55) 11
1899  470  2115 (62) 2
1900  554  2083 (67) 0
1901  630  2051 (69) 8
1902  649  2051 (79) 0
1903  649  2051 (86) 0
1904  676  2050 (92) 0
1905  702  2050 (97) 0
1906  713  2050 (101) 0
1907  737  2049 (104) 0
1908  743  2049 (107) 0
1909  794  2049 (109) 0
1910  798  2048 (111) 0
1911  807  2048 (112) 0
1912  796  2048 (113) 0
1913  815  2047 (113) 0
1914  795  2047 (113) 0
1915  739  2047 (112) 0
1916  724  2046 (111) 0
1917  718  2046 (109) 0
1918  738  2046 (107) 0
1919  741  2045 (104) 0
1920  811  2045 (101) 0
1921  882  2045 (97) 0
1922  920  2044 (91) 0
1923  1018  2044 (85) 2
1924  1069  2037 (81) 0
1925  1142  2030 (75) 0
1926  1218  2023 (66) 13
1927  1336  1997 (72) 0
1928  1421  1971 (75) 0
1929  1499  1945 (76) 0
1930  1561  1920 (75) 0
1931  1683  1894 (72) 1
1932  1757  1874 (67) 13
1933  1757  1866 (67) 0
1934  1873  1858 (65) 11
1935  1894  1835 (66) 14
1936  1840  1826 (73) 0
1937  1731  1816 (78) 0
1938  1720  1806 (82) 0
1939  1581  1796 (84) 0
1940  1360  1786 (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