Widmeyer, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  728  1981 (52) 17
1903  658  2021 (47) 17
1904  655  2041 (45) 13
1905  671  2043 (44) 20
1906  712  2029 (47) 8
1907  735  2025 (47) 14
1908  733  2031 (49) 7
1909  774  2037 (49) 15
1910  763  2041 (53) 0
1911  770  2045 (50) 12
1912  754  2048 (49) 10
1913  810  2025 (49) 17
1914  763  2031 (57) 0
1915  713  2036 (60) 10
1916  707  2033 (69) 0
1917  707  2029 (75) 0
1918  721  2025 (79) 0
1919  728  2022 (82) 0
1920  801  2018 (83) 0
1921  878  2014 (82) 0
1922  920  2011 (80) 0
1923  1012  2007 (77) 0
1924  1072  2003 (72) 0
1925  1146  2000 (64) 13
1926  1192  1995 (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     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