John, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  57  2404 (37) 49
1903  55  2411 (45) 0
1904  56  2417 (41) 12
1905  36  2453 (37) 21
1906  31  2462 (37) 15
1907  24  2486 (34) 28
1908  25  2492 (36) 25
1909  31  2463 (46) 0
1910  47  2435 (44) 17
1911  46  2440 (54) 0
1912  45  2444 (58) 0
1913  38  2449 (57) 0
1914  35  2454 (52) 11
1915  33  2460 (56) 0
1916  32  2465 (55) 0
1917  32  2471 (49) 16
1918  37  2464 (50) 12
1919  40  2452 (51) 0
1920  43  2439 (44) 15
1921  53  2426 (44) 17
1922  76  2395 (54) 4
1923  90  2384 (64) 0
1924  103  2373 (71) 0
1925  112  2362 (75) 0
1926  129  2351 (77) 0
1927  175  2339 (77) 0
1928  207  2328 (75) 0
1929  228  2317 (71) 0
1930  256  2306 (65) 0
1931  306  2295 (55) 0
1932  330  2284 (39) 25
1933  307  2291 (33) 38
1934  292  2298 (35) 31
1935  371  2277 (48) 4
1936  377  2271 (58) 0
1937  390  2266 (61) 0
1938  407  2260 (61) 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]

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 (2)     Germany - Sweden Match    
  John, Wa. - Nilsson, A.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1922 (7)     Germany - Holland Match    
  John, Wa. - te Kolste, J.W.     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
Wiesbaden 1934 (2)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Niederrhein    
  John, Wa. - Gerhardt, W.     0 - 1    
Wiesbaden 1934 (4)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Niederelbien    
  John, Wa. - Schneider, H.     1 - 0    
Wiesbaden 1934 (6)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Bayern    
  John, Wa. - Michel, P.     1 - 0    
Wiesbaden 1934 (8)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Sachsen    
  John, Wa. - Beyerlein     0.5 - 0.5    
Berlin 1934     Berlin West District Championship     7  /  10
Hanover 1935     Berlin - Niedersachsen Team Match    
  John, Wa. - Meynecke, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bochum 1935     Berlin - Westfalen Team Match    
  John, Wa. - Seitz, P.A.     0 - 1    
Essen 1935     Berlin - Niederrhein Team Match    
  John, Wa. - Elm, W.     1 - 0    
Hamburg 1935 (1)     Berlin - Nordmark Team Match    
  John, Wa. - Taube, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Aachen 1938     1st Reichschach Tournament     8.5  /  13


Player information updated: 8 Sept. 2024