John, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  61  2407 (37) 49
1903  56  2414 (45) 0
1904  58  2420 (41) 12
1905  37  2457 (37) 21
1906  31  2465 (37) 15
1907  24  2489 (34) 28
1908  25  2496 (36) 25
1909  31  2468 (46) 0
1910  47  2440 (44) 17
1911  46  2445 (54) 0
1912  45  2450 (58) 0
1913  38  2455 (58) 0
1914  36  2460 (52) 11
1915  33  2466 (56) 0
1916  31  2472 (55) 0
1917  31  2478 (49) 16
1918  32  2471 (50) 12
1919  35  2458 (51) 0
1920  40  2445 (44) 15
1921  54  2432 (44) 17
1922  73  2400 (54) 4
1923  86  2389 (64) 0
1924  97  2377 (71) 0
1925  111  2365 (75) 0
1926  131  2354 (77) 0
1927  163  2342 (77) 0
1928  200  2331 (75) 0
1929  222  2319 (71) 0
1930  244  2307 (65) 0
1931  285  2296 (55) 0
1932  303  2284 (39) 25
1933  288  2290 (34) 38
1934  269  2299 (38) 27
1935  295  2288 (53) 0
1936  322  2277 (61) 0
1937  308  2266 (65) 0
1938  288  2255 (65) 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 (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