Helms, Hermann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  215  2246 (84) 2
1891  190  2261 (73) 0
1892  179  2277 (60) 0
1893  155  2292 (42) 46
1894  128  2322 (42) 26
1895  126  2324 (49) 6
1896  110  2337 (54) 0
1897  89  2350 (52) 11
1898  83  2360 (58) 2
1899  80  2369 (62) 2
1900  83  2369 (65) 1
1901  84  2372 (67) 0
1902  78  2375 (65) 1
1903  82  2375 (62) 1
1904  89  2369 (57) 11
1905  92  2364 (60) 1
1906  86  2374 (61) 5
1907  111  2347 (65) 1
1908  152  2321 (68) 1
1909  212  2295 (70) 3
1910  207  2293 (75) 0
1911  224  2291 (78) 0
1912  221  2290 (80) 0
1913  218  2288 (80) 0
1914  209  2286 (78) 2
1915  188  2290 (78) 2
1916  175  2294 (81) 1
1917  192  2285 (84) 0
1918  210  2276 (86) 0
1919  229  2267 (87) 1
1920  239  2264 (87) 0
1921  266  2261 (86) 0
1922  284  2258 (84) 0
1923  305  2254 (81) 0
1924  326  2251 (76) 0
1925  349  2248 (69) 11
1926  419  2229 (68) 7
1927  467  2224 (75) 0
1928  492  2218 (80) 0
1929  514  2213 (83) 0
1930  549  2208 (85) 0
1931  596  2202 (86) 0
1932  615  2197 (85) 0
1933  663  2191 (83) 0
1934  690  2186 (79) 1
1935  732  2184 (76) 0
1936  707  2183 (70) 10
1937  746  2164 (71) 0
1938  816  2146 (70) 9

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

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 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
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    
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    
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 (9)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Kreymborg, A.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (10)     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    
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: 17 Dec. 2024