Helms, Hermann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  195  2254 (85) 2
1891  180  2270 (74) 0
1892  167  2286 (61) 0
1893  144  2301 (44) 39
1894  131  2319 (43) 26
1895  132  2319 (50) 6
1896  117  2327 (55) 0
1897  99  2335 (53) 11
1898  95  2338 (60) 2
1899  103  2340 (65) 0
1900  104  2341 (67) 1
1901  106  2347 (68) 0
1902  97  2353 (66) 1
1903  99  2354 (63) 1
1904  106  2350 (58) 11
1905  114  2347 (61) 1
1906  104  2358 (62) 5
1907  134  2330 (67) 1
1908  187  2303 (70) 1
1909  242  2275 (73) 3
1910  247  2267 (80) 0
1911  277  2259 (85) 0
1912  285  2251 (88) 0
1913  299  2244 (90) 0
1914  293  2236 (92) 1
1915  274  2238 (94) 0
1916  273  2240 (96) 0
1917  266  2241 (97) 0
1918  266  2243 (97) 0
1919  262  2245 (96) 0
1920  280  2247 (95) 0
1921  292  2248 (93) 0
1922  290  2250 (89) 0
1923  307  2252 (85) 0
1924  318  2254 (79) 0
1925  334  2255 (71) 11
1926  378  2242 (71) 7
1927  411  2240 (78) 0
1928  426  2239 (84) 0
1929  436  2237 (88) 0
1930  453  2235 (91) 0
1931  483  2233 (93) 0
1932  480  2231 (94) 0
1933  499  2229 (95) 0
1934  514  2227 (94) 1
1935  527  2229 (93) 0
1936  504  2230 (92) 10

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. - 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 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 (5)     Columbia University - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Capablanca, J.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1907     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    
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


Player information updated: 1 Feb. 2023