Helms, Hermann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  221  2242 (84) 2
1891  196  2258 (73) 0
1892  181  2273 (60) 0
1893  161  2289 (42) 46
1894  131  2317 (42) 26
1895  133  2319 (49) 6
1896  118  2330 (54) 0
1897  98  2341 (52) 11
1898  92  2348 (58) 2
1899  94  2353 (62) 2
1900  100  2349 (65) 1
1901  104  2348 (66) 0
1902  106  2347 (64) 2
1903  99  2354 (61) 1
1904  102  2356 (56) 11
1905  105  2353 (60) 1
1906  97  2365 (61) 5
1907  124  2340 (65) 1
1908  166  2316 (68) 1
1909  224  2291 (70) 3
1910  214  2291 (75) 0
1911  226  2291 (78) 0
1912  219  2290 (80) 0
1913  219  2290 (79) 0
1914  209  2289 (77) 2
1915  184  2294 (78) 2
1916  170  2299 (81) 1
1917  189  2291 (84) 0
1918  204  2282 (86) 0
1919  220  2274 (87) 1
1920  229  2272 (87) 0
1921  257  2270 (86) 0
1922  265  2268 (84) 0
1923  286  2266 (80) 0
1924  300  2264 (75) 0
1925  315  2262 (67) 12
1926  400  2240 (67) 7
1927  461  2232 (74) 0
1928  497  2225 (79) 0
1929  518  2217 (83) 0
1930  565  2210 (85) 0
1931  631  2202 (85) 0
1932  656  2195 (84) 0
1933  707  2188 (82) 0
1934  751  2180 (78) 1
1935  804  2176 (74) 0
1936  795  2172 (68) 10
1937  860  2148 (70) 0
1938  954  2125 (68) 9
1939  941  2102 (78) 0
1940  866  2080 (87) 0
1941  865  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 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    
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    
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 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: 12 Apr. 2025