John, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  59  2401 (37) 49
1903  56  2409 (45) 0
1904  55  2416 (41) 12
1905  37  2452 (37) 21
1906  31  2461 (37) 15
1907  25  2485 (34) 28
1908  26  2491 (36) 25
1909  34  2463 (46) 0
1910  49  2434 (44) 17
1911  47  2439 (54) 0
1912  45  2443 (58) 0
1913  42  2448 (57) 0
1914  36  2452 (52) 11
1915  34  2457 (56) 0
1916  33  2462 (55) 0
1917  32  2468 (49) 16
1918  37  2460 (50) 12
1919  38  2446 (51) 0
1920  46  2433 (44) 15
1921  55  2421 (44) 17
1922  78  2391 (54) 4
1923  92  2380 (64) 0
1924  109  2369 (71) 0
1925  119  2358 (75) 0
1926  135  2347 (77) 0
1927  179  2336 (77) 0
1928  212  2325 (75) 0
1929  232  2314 (71) 0
1930  258  2303 (65) 0
1931  310  2292 (55) 0
1932  341  2281 (38) 26
1933  326  2288 (32) 38
1934  303  2296 (35) 31
1935  385  2275 (48) 4
1936  399  2268 (57) 0
1937  421  2262 (61) 0
1938  442  2255 (61) 13

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: John, Walter Hugo Albert  
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, W.H.A. - Marco, G. 1905         (f)     3   -   3
John, W.H.A. - Spielmann, R. 1908         (f)     6   -   4
Mieses, J. - John, W.H.A. 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 (3)     Germany - Sweden Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Nilsson, All.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1922 (4)     Germany - Holland Match    
  John, W.H.A. - te Kolste, J.W.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1932 (5)     Berlin Championship     4  /  11
Berlin and Hamburg 1932     Berlin - Hamburg Telephone Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Taube, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
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, W.H.A. - Gerhardt, W.     0 - 1    
Wiesbaden 1934 (4)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Niederelbien    
  John, W.H.A. - Schneider, H.     1 - 0    
Wiesbaden 1934 (6)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Bayern    
  John, W.H.A. - Michel, P.     1 - 0    
Wiesbaden 1934 (8)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Sachsen    
  John, W.H.A. - Beyerlein     0.5 - 0.5    
Berlin 1934     Berlin West District Championship     7  /  10
Hanover 1935     Berlin - Niedersachsen Team Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Meynecke, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bochum 1935     Berlin - Westfalen Team Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Seitz, P.A.     0 - 1    
Essen 1935     Berlin - Niederrhein Team Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Elm, W.     1 - 0    
Hamburg 1935 (1)     Berlin - Nordmark Team Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Taube, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Aachen 1938     1st Reichschach Tournament     8.5  /  13


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025