John, Walter
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1902 |
55 |
2406 | (37) | 49 |
| 1903 |
53 |
2412 | (45) | 0 |
| 1904 |
56 |
2418 | (41) | 12 |
| 1905 |
36 |
2454 | (37) | 21 |
| 1906 |
31 |
2463 | (37) | 15 |
| 1907 |
25 |
2487 | (34) | 28 |
| 1908 |
26 |
2493 | (36) | 25 |
| 1909 |
34 |
2465 | (46) | 0 |
| 1910 |
49 |
2436 | (44) | 17 |
| 1911 |
47 |
2441 | (54) | 0 |
| 1912 |
46 |
2445 | (58) | 0 |
| 1913 |
39 |
2450 | (57) | 0 |
| 1914 |
35 |
2455 | (52) | 11 |
| 1915 |
33 |
2460 | (56) | 0 |
| 1916 |
32 |
2466 | (55) | 0 |
| 1917 |
33 |
2471 | (49) | 16 |
| 1918 |
38 |
2464 | (50) | 12 |
| 1919 |
39 |
2450 | (51) | 0 |
| 1920 |
43 |
2436 | (44) | 15 |
| 1921 |
55 |
2425 | (44) | 17 |
| 1922 |
77 |
2394 | (54) | 4 |
| 1923 |
92 |
2383 | (64) | 0 |
| 1924 |
107 |
2372 | (71) | 0 |
| 1925 |
118 |
2361 | (75) | 0 |
| 1926 |
136 |
2350 | (77) | 0 |
| 1927 |
175 |
2340 | (77) | 0 |
| 1928 |
207 |
2329 | (75) | 0 |
| 1929 |
227 |
2318 | (71) | 0 |
| 1930 |
254 |
2307 | (65) | 0 |
| 1931 |
307 |
2296 | (55) | 0 |
| 1932 |
335 |
2285 | (39) | 25 |
| 1933 |
308 |
2292 | (33) | 38 |
| 1934 |
294 |
2300 | (35) | 31 |
| 1935 |
378 |
2279 | (48) | 4 |
| 1936 |
383 |
2273 | (57) | 0 |
| 1937 |
401 |
2267 | (61) | 0 |
| 1938 |
418 |
2261 | (61) | 13 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: John, Walter |
| Born: 29 Jan. 1879 |
| Died: 27 Dec. 1944 |
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| 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. |
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| 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)
Tournament data
| Berlin 1902 (5) |
Berlin Finckenschaft-Turnier |
9 | / | 14 |
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| Berlin 1902 (6) |
Café Kerkau Free Tournament |
9 | / | 13 |
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| Berlin 1902 (9) |
Berlin Summer Tournament - Section II |
6 | / | 7 |
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| Hanover 1902 (2) |
13th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A |
15 | / | 21 |
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| Berlin 1902 (10) |
1st Tournament of the General Chess Federation of Berlin |
4 | / | 7 |
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| Coburg 1904 (1) |
14th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
4 | / | 12 |
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| Barmen 1905 (1) |
Barmen Tournament - Meisterturnier A |
7 | / | 15 |
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| Ostend 1906 (1) |
Ostend Tournament - First Stage, Section A - Section B |
4.5 | / | 9 |
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| Ostend 1906 (4) |
Ostend Tournament - Second Stage, Section B - Section D |
2.5 | / | 6 |
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| Ostend 1907 (3) |
Ostend Master Tournament |
16 | / | 28 |
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| Dusseldorf 1908 (1) |
16th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament |
9 | / | 15 |
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| Hamburg 1910 (1) |
17th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
5.5 | / | 17 |
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| Mannheim 1914 (1) |
19th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
5 | / | 11 |
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| Berlin 1917 |
Berlin Tournament |
9.5 | / | 11 |
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| Breslau 1918 |
Breslau Tournament |
11 | / | 12 |
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| Goteborg 1920 (2) |
Göteborg Tournament - Section B |
9 | / | 15 |
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| Hamburg 1921 (1) |
21st German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament |
6.5 | / | 11 |
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| Berlin 1921 (5) |
Berlin Tournament |
4.5 | / | 6 |
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| Berlin 1922 (3) |
Germany - Sweden Match |
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|
John, Wa. - Nilsson, All. |
1 - 1 |
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| Berlin 1922 (4) |
Germany - Holland Match |
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John, Wa. - te Kolste, J.W. |
1 - 1 |
| | | |
| Berlin 1932 (5) |
Berlin Championship |
4 | / | 11 |
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| Berlin 1932 (7) |
Berlin Tournament |
6.5 | / | 14 |
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| Berlin 1933 (2) |
Berlin Championship |
4.5 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| Swinemunde 1933 (1) |
Swinemunde Masters Tournament |
3.5 | / | 9 |
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| Bad Salzbrunn 1933 |
20th Silesian Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament |
3 | / | 7 |
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| Berlin 1933 (3) |
Berlin Championship |
5.5 | / | 11 |
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| Aachen 1934 |
30th Congress of the Deutschen Schachbundes |
7.5 | / | 17 |
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| Wiesbaden 1934 (2) |
German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Niederrhein |
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|
John, Wa. - Gerhardt, W. |
0 - 1 |
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| Wiesbaden 1934 (4) |
German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Niederelbien |
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|
John, Wa. - Schneider, H. |
1 - 0 |
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| Wiesbaden 1934 (6) |
German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Bayern |
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|
John, Wa. - Michel, P. |
1 - 0 |
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| Wiesbaden 1934 (8) |
German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Sachsen |
| | | | | | |
|
John, Wa. - Beyerlein |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Berlin 1934 |
Berlin West District Championship |
7 | / | 10 |
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| Hanover 1935 |
Berlin - Niedersachsen Team Match |
| | | | | | |
|
John, Wa. - Meynecke, H. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Bochum 1935 |
Berlin - Westfalen Team Match |
| | | | | | |
|
John, Wa. - Seitz, P.A. |
0 - 1 |
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| Essen 1935 |
Berlin - Niederrhein Team Match |
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|
John, Wa. - Elm, W. |
1 - 0 |
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| Hamburg 1935 (1) |
Berlin - Nordmark Team Match |
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John, Wa. - Taube, H. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Aachen 1938 |
1st Reichschach Tournament |
8.5 | / | 13 |
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| Player information updated: 8 Sept. 2024 |
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