Widmeyer, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  757  1986 (51) 17
1903  698  2025 (46) 17
1904  685  2047 (45) 13
1905  707  2048 (43) 20
1906  743  2035 (47) 8
1907  769  2031 (46) 14
1908  770  2038 (49) 7
1909  809  2044 (48) 15
1910  799  2047 (53) 0
1911  798  2051 (50) 12
1912  785  2053 (49) 10
1913  862  2028 (49) 17
1914  829  2033 (57) 0
1915  757  2038 (59) 10
1916  759  2035 (69) 0
1917  754  2032 (75) 0
1918  768  2028 (79) 0
1919  776  2025 (82) 0
1920  860  2022 (83) 0
1921  946  2019 (82) 0
1922  999  2016 (80) 0
1923  1101  2013 (77) 0
1924  1142  2010 (71) 0
1925  1221  2007 (63) 13
1926  1295  2001 (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 (2)     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