Widmeyer, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  732  1983 (51) 17
1903  665  2023 (47) 17
1904  652  2045 (45) 13
1905  669  2046 (44) 20
1906  711  2033 (47) 8
1907  739  2030 (47) 14
1908  733  2036 (49) 7
1909  774  2043 (48) 15
1910  767  2046 (53) 0
1911  773  2049 (50) 12
1912  762  2051 (49) 10
1913  828  2026 (49) 17
1914  795  2031 (57) 0
1915  737  2036 (59) 10
1916  726  2033 (69) 0
1917  731  2030 (75) 0
1918  745  2026 (79) 0
1919  751  2023 (82) 0
1920  830  2020 (83) 0
1921  909  2016 (82) 0
1922  948  2013 (80) 0
1923  1047  2010 (77) 0
1924  1090  2006 (71) 0
1925  1168  2003 (63) 13
1926  1236  1998 (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