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John, Walter

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1902  61  2403 (37) 49 1903  55  2409 (45) 0 1904  57  2415 (41) 12 1905  37  2451 (37) 21 1906  31  2460 (37) 15 1907  24  2483 (34) 28 1908  25  2489 (36) 25 1909  32  2461 (46) 0 1910  47  2433 (44) 17 1911  47  2438 (54) 0 1912  45  2443 (58) 0 1913  39  2447 (58) 0 1914  37  2452 (52) 11 1915  33  2458 (56) 0 1916  32  2464 (55) 0 1917  32  2469 (49) 16 1918  35  2462 (50) 12 1919  39  2450 (51) 0 1920  42  2437 (44) 15 1921  54  2424 (44) 17 1922  74  2393 (54) 4 1923  90  2382 (64) 0 1924  100  2370 (71) 0 1925  113  2359 (75) 0 1926  134  2348 (77) 0 1927  174  2337 (77) 0 1928  205  2326 (75) 0 1929  226  2315 (71) 0 1930  254  2303 (65) 0 1931  303  2292 (55) 0 1932  324  2281 (39) 25 1933  296  2288 (33) 38 1934  283  2298 (38) 27 1935  306  2291 (53) 0 1936  316  2285 (61) 0 1937  309  2279 (64) 0 1938  333  2272 (64) 13 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: John, Walter   Born: 29 Jan. 1879 Died: 27 Dec. 1944   Notes: Gaige and Woodger give date of birth as 1879, and say he died c1940. Goldman also gives 1879-1940. Alan McGowan has sent official records giving precise birth and death dates.   References Books    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 308    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 388    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 158    Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 264    Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 83    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 195    Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 524    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 448, 458, 576    McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 362    Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 123    Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 351 Web    Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]    [Walter John]

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

John, Wa. - Marco, G. 1905	(f)	3	-	3
John, Wa. - Spielmann, R. 1908	(f)	6	-	4
Mieses, J. - John, Wa. 1917	(f)	2.5	-	2.5

Tournament data

Berlin 1902 (5)	Berlin Finckenschaft-Turnier		9	/	14
Berlin 1902 (6)	Café Kerkau Free Tournament		9	/	13
Berlin 1902 (9)	Berlin Summer Tournament - Section II		6	/	7
Hanover 1902 (2)	13th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A		15	/	21
Berlin 1902 (10)	1st Tournament of the General Chess Federation of Berlin		4	/	7
Coburg 1904 (1)	14th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		4	/	12
Barmen 1905 (1)	Barmen Tournament - Meisterturnier A		7	/	15
Ostend 1906 (1)	Ostend Tournament - First Stage, Section A - Section B		4.5	/	9
Ostend 1906 (4)	Ostend Tournament - Second Stage, Section B - Section D		2.5	/	6
Ostend 1907 (3)	Ostend Master Tournament		16	/	28
Dusseldorf 1908 (1)	16th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament		9	/	15
Hamburg 1910 (1)	17th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		5.5	/	17
Mannheim 1914 (1)	19th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier		5	/	11
Berlin 1917	Berlin Tournament		9.5	/	11
Breslau 1918	Breslau Tournament		11	/	12
Goteborg 1920 (2)	Göteborg Tournament - Section B		9	/	15
Hamburg 1921 (1)	21st German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament		6.5	/	11
Berlin 1921 (5)	Berlin Tournament		4.5	/	6
Berlin 1922 (4)	Germany - Holland Match
	John, Wa. - te Kolste, J.W.	1 - 1
Berlin 1922 (5)	Germany - Sweden Match
	John, Wa. - Nilsson, A.	1 - 1
Berlin 1932 (5)	Berlin Championship		4	/	11
Berlin 1932 (7)	Berlin Tournament		6.5	/	14
Berlin 1933 (2)	Berlin Championship		4.5	/	11
Swinemunde 1933 (1)	Swinemunde Masters Tournament		3.5	/	9
Bad Salzbrunn 1933	20th Silesian Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament		3	/	7
Berlin 1933 (3)	Berlin Championship		5.5	/	11
Aachen 1934	30th Congress of the Deutschen Schachbundes		7.5	/	17
Berlin 1934	Berlin West District Championship		7	/	10
Aachen 1938	1st Reichschach Tournament		8.5	/	13

Player information updated: 13 Sept. 2023