Whitaker, Norman




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1908  151  2321 (70) 8
1909  135  2338 (65) 2
1910  129  2342 (58) 11
1911  167  2326 (59) 1
1912  160  2323 (58) 0
1913  159  2321 (51) 13
1914  133  2329 (53) 0
1915  118  2337 (48) 10
1916  142  2318 (44) 26
1917  103  2342 (51) 0
1918  85  2367 (51) 11
1919  62  2392 (55) 0
1920  51  2416 (53) 0
1921  43  2441 (45) 22
1922  36  2455 (47) 11
1923  37  2461 (47) 11
1924  40  2451 (48) 16
1925  38  2455 (55) 0
1926  32  2459 (55) 0
1927  30  2464 (49) 8
1928  37  2452 (45) 16
1929  51  2434 (50) 9
1930  58  2428 (56) 8
1931  63  2426 (63) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Whitaker, Norman Tweed  
Born: 9 Apr. 1890
Died: 20 May 1975
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 320
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 341
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 409
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 462
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 303
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 167, 185, 237
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 293, 312, 345
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 278, 361
   King, Sultan Khan, page 205
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 35, 36, 368
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 296
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 187
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Whitaker, N.T. - Eschner, M.R. 1910         (f)     5.5   -   2.5
Whitaker, N.T. - Goldberg, A. 1910         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Whitaker, N.T. - Edwards, E.M. 1911         (f)     0   -   1      Whitaker, N.T. gave odds of pawn and move
Showalter, J.W. - Whitaker, N.T. 1916         (f)     6   -   1

Tournament data

Philadelphia 1908 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Whitaker, N.T. - Shipley, W.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1908 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Whitaker, N.T. - Ettlinger, A.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1908 (5)     Rex Club - Franklin Second Match    
  Whitaker, N.T. - Shaw (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1908 (6)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Whitaker, N.T. - Shipley, W.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1908 (5)     10th Triangular Chess League Tournament     3  /  5
Philadelphia and London, England (?) 1909     9th Anglo-American Universities Cable Match    
  Whitaker, N.T. - Humphreys, W.H.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1909 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Whitaker, N.T. - Simonson, G.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1910 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Whitaker, N.T. - Voigt, H.G.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1913 (1)     American National Tournament     5.5  /  13
Excelsior 1915     16th Western Chess Association Tournament     8.5  /  10
Chicago 1916     17th Western Chess Association Tournament     13.5  /  19
Chicago 1918     19th Western Chess Association Tournament     7  /  11
Atlantic City 1921 (1)     8th American Chess Congress - Open Masters Tournament     8  /  11
Cleveland 1921     22nd Western Chess Association Tournament     8  /  11
Louisville 1922     23rd Western Chess Association Tournament     9  /  11
San Francisco 1923     24th Western Chess Association Tournament     9  /  11
Detroit 1924     25th Western Chess Association Tournament     11.5  /  16
Kalamazoo 1927 (1)     1st National Chess Federation Congress     6.5  /  8
The Hague 1928 (1)     Olympic Amateur Championship     9.5  /  15
Wiesbaden 1928     Wiesbaden Chess Festival - Premier Section    
  Whitaker, N.T. - Richter, K. (2)     0 - 1    
Saint Louis 1929     30th Western Chess Association Tournament     6.5  /  9
Chicago 1930 (1)     31st Western Chess Association Tournament     6.5  /  8
Tulsa 1931     32nd Western Chess Association Tournament     7  /  9

Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024