Helms, Hermann
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1890 |
172 |
2273 | (85) | 2 |
| 1891 |
159 |
2289 | (75) | 0 |
| 1892 |
147 |
2305 | (62) | 0 |
| 1893 |
133 |
2321 | (44) | 39 |
| 1894 |
121 |
2336 | (44) | 26 |
| 1895 |
118 |
2338 | (51) | 6 |
| 1896 |
111 |
2345 | (56) | 0 |
| 1897 |
96 |
2352 | (55) | 11 |
| 1898 |
93 |
2357 | (63) | 0 |
| 1899 |
94 |
2363 | (68) | 0 |
| 1900 |
94 |
2368 | (69) | 1 |
| 1901 |
87 |
2379 | (70) | 0 |
| 1902 |
78 |
2390 | (69) | 1 |
| 1903 |
70 |
2397 | (66) | 1 |
| 1904 |
69 |
2400 | (62) | 11 |
| 1905 |
70 |
2405 | (67) | 0 |
| 1906 |
65 |
2410 | (69) | 5 |
| 1907 |
84 |
2383 | (76) | 0 |
| 1908 |
110 |
2356 | (81) | 1 |
| 1909 |
155 |
2328 | (88) | 1 |
| 1910 |
172 |
2312 | (95) | 0 |
| 1911 |
208 |
2296 | (101) | 0 |
| 1912 |
226 |
2280 | (107) | 0 |
| 1913 |
261 |
2264 | (112) | 0 |
| 1914 |
269 |
2248 | (116) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Helms, Hermann |
| Born: 5 Jan. 1870 |
| Died: 6 Jan. 1963 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 306 |
| Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 155 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 169 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 140 |
| Hilbert, Napier, page 10 |
| Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 285 |
| Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 374 |
| Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 42, 156 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 107 |
| Web |
| Hilbert, John S. [Hermann Helms and Correspondence Chess Coverage in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle] |
| Winter, Edward. [Chess Records] |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 4781. Hermann Helms] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| New York 1890 (1) |
Brooklyn Y.M.C.A. Club - Newark Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Bippart, A. |
2 - 0 |
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| New York 1893 (7) |
New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, Second Class |
4 | / | 4 |
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| New York 1893 (11) |
New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, Final |
4.5 | / | 6 |
odds player in pawn and move class |
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| New York 1893 (12) |
Cafe Bondy Handicap Tournament |
32 | / | 40 |
odds player in pawn and move class |
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| New York 1894 (1) |
New York State Chess Association General Tournament |
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Helms, H. - Roething, O. |
1 - 0 |
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Helms, H. - Yeaton, F.H. |
1 - 0 |
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Helms, H. - Frere, W. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1894 (3) |
Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Sobernheim, E. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1894 (4) |
Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Baird, D.G. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1894 (5) |
Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Habig, J.C. |
1 - 0 |
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| Newark 1894 |
Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Habig, J.C. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Buffalo 1894 (2) |
New York State Chess Association - General Tourney |
3 | / | 7 |
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| New York 1894 (7) |
Brooklyn YMCA - Staten Island Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Ryan, W.T. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1895 (2) |
Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Dahl, E.W. |
1 - 0 |
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| Newark 1895 (1) |
Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Greenberg, S. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1895 (16) |
Brooklyn YMCA - Staten Island Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Ryan, W.T. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1895 (17) |
Cafe Boulevard Handicap Tournament |
16 | / | 25 |
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| London, England and New York 1897 |
2nd Anglo-American Cable Match |
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Helms, H. - Jackson, E.M. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1897 (3) |
Brooklyn Club Championship |
7 | / | 10 |
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| New York and Chicago 1900 |
Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match |
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Helms, H. - Uedemann, L. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| London, England and New York 1902 |
7th Anglo-American Cable Match |
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Helms, H. - Girdlestone, T.B. |
1 - 0 |
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| London, England and New York 1903 |
8th Anglo-American Cable Match |
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Helms, H. - Hooke, G.A. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1904 (3) |
Brooklyn Club Team Match |
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Helms, H. - Souweine, A.J. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1904 (4) |
Brooklyn Club Rice Gambit Tournament |
7 | / | 10 |
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| New York 1906 (2) |
28th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship |
3.5 | / | 4 |
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| New York 1906 (5) |
Columbia University - Brooklyn Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Capablanca, J.R. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| London, England and New York 1908 |
10th Anglo-American Cable Match |
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Helms, H. - Lawrence, T.F. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| London, England and New York 1909 |
11th Anglo-American Cable Match |
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Helms, H. - Michell, R.P. |
0 - 1 |
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| New York 1914 (7) |
Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match |
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Helms, H. - Kreymborg, A. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Player information updated: 6 Mar. 2021 |
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