Widmeyer, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  735  1983 (51) 17
1903  669  2023 (46) 17
1904  653  2044 (45) 13
1905  673  2046 (44) 20
1906  712  2033 (47) 8
1907  748  2029 (47) 14
1908  736  2035 (49) 7
1909  777  2042 (48) 15
1910  765  2045 (53) 0
1911  773  2048 (50) 12
1912  759  2050 (49) 10
1913  830  2025 (49) 17
1914  796  2030 (57) 0
1915  737  2035 (59) 10
1916  728  2032 (69) 0
1917  730  2029 (75) 0
1918  746  2025 (79) 0
1919  754  2022 (82) 0
1920  834  2019 (83) 0
1921  913  2015 (82) 0
1922  958  2012 (80) 0
1923  1061  2009 (77) 0
1924  1104  2005 (71) 0
1925  1171  2002 (63) 13
1926  1244  1997 (66) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Widmeyer, William  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Checkmate (1903, p.277) has 'W.W. Widmeyer'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 320
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 341
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 285
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 451
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 297
Periodicals
   [ChM], 1903, page 277
   [SLGD], 1 Sep. 1912, page 40
Web
   [Memphis Chess History - Chess War 1914]
   [US Open 1926, Chicago = 27th Western Champ.]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Widmeyer, W. - Friedlander, J. 1905         (f)     2   -   1

Tournament data

Excelsior 1902     3rd Western Chess Association Tournament (3rd USA Open)     5.5  /  17
Chicago 1903 (2)     4th Western Chess Association Tournament     6.5  /  17
Saint Louis 1904 (1)     7th American Chess Congress - Minor Tournament     6  /  13
Excelsior 1905     6th Western Chess Association Tournament (6th USA Open)     7  /  17
Chicago 1906 (1)     7th Western Chess Association Tournament - Section 1     2  /  8
Excelsior 1907     8th Western Chess Association Tournament (8th USA Open)     4.5  /  14
Excelsior 1908 (1)     9th Western Chess Association Tournament - Preliminary Section A     2  /  5
Excelsior 1908 (3)     9th Western Chess Association Tournament - Minor Tournament     3.5  /  4
Excelsior 1909     10th Western Chess Association Tournament     5.5  /  15
Excelsior 1911     12th Western Chess Association Tournament     5.5  /  13
Excelsior 1912     13th Western Chess Association Tournament     5.5  /  10
Chicago 1913     14th Western Chess Association Tournament     5  /  17
Excelsior 1915     16th Western Chess Association Tournament     4  /  10
Cedar Point 1925     26th Western Chess Association Tournament     5  /  13
Chicago 1926 (2)     27th Western Chess Association Meeting - Championship Preliminary B     4  /  10

Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024