Koch, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  165  2282 (93) 9
1899  190  2272 (98) 0
1900  207  2261 (102) 0
1901  223  2251 (105) 0
1902  252  2241 (108) 0
1903  282  2230 (110) 0
1904  304  2220 (112) 0
1905  330  2210 (113) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Koch, William H.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Urcan has 'P. Koch' in the Cosmopolitan Club Championship of 1898, taken from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 17 Jul. 1898 (p.11), but the American Chess Magazine of Aug. 1898 (p.82) has 'W. Koch' there, and in the Nov. 1898 issue (p.210), William Koch is listed as a member of the Cosmopolitan Club. Not to be confused with Walter W. Koch (both appear in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 13 Oct. 1901, Sec.2, p.20).
 
References
Books
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 21, 50
Periodicals
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 2, Aug. 1898, page 82
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 5, Nov. 1898, page 210
   [BDE], vol. 58, no. 197, 17 July 1898, page 11
   [BDE], vol. 61, no. 284, 13 Oct. 1901, page s2.20
   [NYTi], vol. 53, no. 16800, 9 Nov. 1903, page 12
Web
   [William Koch]

Tournament data

New York 1898 (10)     Cosmopolitan Club Championship     7  /  9
New York 1905 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship    
  Koch, W.H. - Schwietzer, G.J.     0 - 1    
  Koch, W.H. - Kreymborg, A.F.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025