Gledhill, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  552  1768 (136) 3
1874  598  1777 (136) 0
1875  626  1787 (136) 0
1876  590  1796 (135) 0
1877  538  1806 (134) 0
1878  527  1815 (134) 0
1879  518  1825 (132) 0
1880  542  1834 (131) 0
1881  595  1844 (129) 0
1882  636  1853 (127) 0
1883  682  1863 (125) 0
1884  740  1872 (123) 2
1885  685  1886 (120) 0
1886  660  1900 (117) 0
1887  625  1914 (113) 0
1888  618  1927 (109) 0
1889  591  1941 (104) 0
1890  616  1955 (98) 0
1891  610  1969 (92) 8
1892  657  1951 (97) 0
1893  692  1933 (102) 1
1894  710  1927 (107) 0
1895  722  1920 (112) 0
1896  721  1914 (116) 1
1897  750  1906 (121) 0
1898  756  1897 (125) 0
1899  786  1889 (129) 0
1900  806  1881 (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