Helms, Hermann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  204  2253 (84) 2
1891  182  2268 (73) 0
1892  172  2283 (59) 0
1893  149  2298 (40) 46
1894  110  2340 (38) 37
1895  101  2349 (45) 6
1896  85  2371 (46) 13
1897  78  2369 (49) 11
1898  74  2371 (56) 2
1899  78  2372 (61) 2
1900  88  2365 (64) 1
1901  92  2362 (65) 0
1902  94  2358 (63) 2
1903  87  2364 (61) 1
1904  90  2365 (56) 11
1905  90  2365 (59) 1
1906  82  2380 (60) 5
1907  101  2360 (63) 2
1908  137  2333 (67) 1
1909  196  2306 (69) 3
1910  196  2305 (75) 0
1911  200  2304 (78) 0
1912  198  2303 (79) 0
1913  190  2302 (79) 0
1914  191  2301 (77) 2
1915  163  2305 (77) 2
1916  157  2311 (80) 1
1917  162  2304 (83) 0
1918  170  2298 (85) 0
1919  182  2291 (85) 1
1920  201  2289 (85) 0
1921  213  2287 (83) 0
1922  230  2286 (80) 0
1923  248  2284 (75) 2
1924  268  2280 (72) 0
1925  274  2276 (65) 12
1926  361  2251 (66) 7
1927  415  2242 (74) 0
1928  463  2234 (79) 0
1929  496  2225 (82) 0
1930  535  2217 (84) 0
1931  609  2208 (85) 0
1932  649  2200 (84) 0
1933  703  2191 (82) 0
1934  748  2183 (78) 1
1935  795  2178 (74) 0
1936  807  2173 (68) 10
1937  872  2149 (70) 0
1938  991  2124 (68) 9
1939  999  2102 (78) 0
1940  957  2080 (87) 0
1941  978  2058 (94) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Helms, Hermann  
Born: 5 Jan. 1870
Died: 6 Jan. 1963
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 306
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 326
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 386
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 356
   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]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Schottlander, A. - Helms, H. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Helms, H. - Souweine, A.J. 1893         (f)     5.5   -   2.5
Helms, H. - Frere, W. 1893         (f)     8   -   8
Helms, H. - Southwick, A.W. 1893         (f)     2   -   5      Helms, H. gave odds of a rook
Helms, H. - Tatum, J.C. 1894         (f)     8   -   3
Karff, Ms. N.M. - Helms, H. 1941         (f)     1   -   0

Tournament data

New York 1890 (2)     Brooklyn Y.M.C.A. Club - Newark Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Bippart, A.     2 - 0    
New York 1893 (7)     New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, Second Class     4  /  4
New York 1893 (11)     New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, Final     4.5  /  6      odds player in pawn and move class
New York 1893 (12)     Cafe Bondy Handicap Tournament     32  /  40      odds player in pawn and move class
New York 1894 (1)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament    
  Helms, H. - Roething, O.     1 - 0    
  Helms, H. - Yeaton, F.H.     1 - 0    
  Helms, H. - Frere, W.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Sobernheim, E.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Baird, D.G.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (5)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Habig, J.C.     1 - 0    
Newark 1894     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Habig, J.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
Buffalo 1894 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     3  /  7
New York 1894 (7)     Brooklyn YMCA - Staten Island Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Ryan, W.T.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (8)     Brooklyn Club Championship     9  /  11
New York 1895 (2)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Dahl, E.W.     1 - 0    
Newark 1895 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Greenberg, S.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (16)     Brooklyn YMCA - Staten Island Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Ryan, W.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1895 (17)     Cafe Boulevard Handicap Tournament     16  /  25
New York 1896 (3)     Brooklyn Club Championship     10.5  /  13
London, England and New York 1897     2nd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Jackson, E.M.     0 - 1    
New York 1897 (6)     Brooklyn Club Championship     7  /  10
New York 1898 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1898 (7)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1899 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmpolitan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Ginsberg, M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1899 (4)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Halpern, J.C.     1 - 0    
New York and Chicago 1900     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Helms, H. - Uedemann, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Girdlestone, T.B.     1 - 0    
New York and Boston, Massachusetts 1902     Brooklyn - Boston Telegraphic Match    
  Helms, H. - Hawes, J.W.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Hooke, G.A.     1 - 0    
New York 1904 (4)     Brooklyn Club Team Match    
  Helms, H. - Souweine, A.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1904 (5)     Brooklyn Club Rice Gambit Tournament     7  /  10
New York and Chicago 1905 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Helms, H. - Phillips, C.W.     0 - 1    
New York 1906 (2)     28th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship     3.5  /  4
New York 1906 (7)     Columbia University - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Capablanca, J.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1907 (2)     New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Helms, H. - Jaffe, C.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1907 (3)     Manhattan Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Baird, D.G.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1908     10th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Lawrence, T.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1909 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Sternberg, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1909 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Eisenberg, L.R.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1909     11th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Michell, R.P.     0 - 1    
New York 1914 (10)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Kreymborg, A.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (11)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Koehler, G.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1915 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Kupchik, A.     0 - 1    
New York 1915 (9)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Smith, M.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1916 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Chajes, O.     1 - 0    
New York 1919 (1)     Marshall's Chess Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Gilman, W.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1923 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Swedish Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Gustafson, G.A.     1 - 0    
New York 1923 (16)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Bernstein, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1925 (4)     Brooklyn Club - International Club Match    
  Helms, H. - McCudden, J.L.     1 - 0    
Buffalo 1925     New York State Chess Association Congress     6.5  /  7
  Helms, H. - Lear, J.D.     3 - 1    
Rome, New York 1926     New York State Chess Association Congress - Championship     4  /  7
Philadelphia 1934     Marshall Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Bolden, H.D.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1935     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Huntsberger, R.E.     1 - 0    
Poughkeepsie 1936     58th New York State Chess Association Tournament     9  /  11
Cazenovia 1938     New York State Chess Association Championship     3.5  /  9


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025