Gledhill, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  586  1768 (136) 3
1874  619  1777 (136) 0
1875  649  1787 (136) 0
1876  618  1796 (135) 0
1877  565  1805 (135) 0
1878  554  1815 (134) 0
1879  531  1824 (132) 0
1880  555  1834 (131) 0
1881  621  1843 (129) 0
1882  664  1853 (128) 0
1883  697  1862 (125) 0
1884  762  1872 (123) 2
1885  704  1885 (120) 0
1886  686  1899 (117) 0
1887  649  1913 (113) 0
1888  646  1927 (109) 0
1889  628  1940 (104) 0
1890  644  1954 (98) 0
1891  630  1968 (92) 8
1892  697  1950 (97) 0
1893  742  1933 (102) 1
1894  769  1927 (108) 0
1895  772  1920 (112) 0
1896  785  1914 (117) 1
1897  799  1906 (121) 0
1898  816  1898 (126) 0
1899  857  1890 (130) 0
1900  888  1882 (133) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Gledhill, Walter  
Born: 13 June 1854
Died: 19 Jan. 1917
 
Notes:
A 'Gledhill' from Honley, Yorkshire, is mentioned as being present at the annual meeting of the Huddersfield Club in Feb. 1860 (Illustrated London News, 18 Feb. 1860, p.166), but Walter Gledhill would only have been 5 years old then. There was also a 'G.H. Gledhill' of Dewsbury in 1878.
 
References
Books
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 960
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 141
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 385
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 129
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 11, no. 9, Sep. 1891, page 405
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Walter Gledhill]

Tournament data

Leeds 1873     Leeds Club - Leeds Church Institute Match    
  Gledhill, W. - Stokoe, T.Y.     0 - 3    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Gledhill, W. - Hulton, C.G.     1 - 1    
Oxford 1891 (3)     Counties Chess Association - Class II, Section I     6.5  /  7
Oxford 1891 (5)     Counties Chess Association - Class II, Section play-offs    
  Gledhill, W. - McCarthy, F.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Gledhill, W. - Cope, R.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1896     Cheshire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Gledhill, W. - Kendall, R.R.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1900 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Gledhill, W. - England, P.R.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 8 Jan. 2024