Bilgram, Oscar




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  224  2269 (77) 11
1906  235  2266 (86) 0
1907  247  2264 (92) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Bilgram, Oscar Hugo  
Born: Mar. 1878
Died: 22 Nov. 1958
 
Notes:
Hilbert gives name as 'Oscar C. Bilgram' in his book on Shipley. Bilgram was blind.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 50
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 38
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 139
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 25
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 267
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 21
Web
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 3873. Blind prodigy]

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1897 (4)     Steinitz Chess Club - Century Wheelmen Chess Club Match    
  Bilgram, O.H. - Watts (1)     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1905 (2)     20th Franklin Chess Club Championship     6  /  11
Philadelphia 1907 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Bilgram, O.H. - Raubitschek, Ro.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 1 Sept. 2022