Litzenberger, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1894  804  1898 (89) 1
1895  791  1913 (81) 8
1896  799  1904 (82) 3
1897  806  1904 (87) 0
1898  811  1903 (90) 1
1899  830  1906 (94) 0
1900  852  1909 (97) 0
1901  845  1912 (99) 4
1902  862  1905 (106) 0
1903  858  1898 (113) 0
1904  907  1891 (119) 0
1905  950  1884 (125) 0
1906  945  1877 (130) 0
1907  978  1870 (135) 0
1908  979  1863 (140) 0
1909  1076  1856 (144) 0
1910  1066  1849 (148) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Litzenberger, William John  
Born: 1 May 1873
Died: 3 Sep. 1947
 
Notes:
The New York Daily Tribune of 4 Aug. 1895 has 'William Litzenberger' twice and 'W. Leitzenberzen' once. Hilbert and Lahde have 'William J. Litzenberger'; the American Chess Magazine of Apr.-May 1898 (p.629) has 'William L. Litzenberger'; Hilbert's biography of Napier (p.9) has 'L. Litzenberger, of Staten Island'; the New York Sun of 22 Jan. 1895 has 'L.W. Litzenberger'; the Brooklyn Standard Union of 23 Feb. 1895 (p.7) has 'E. Litzenberger'. I am guessing that these are all the same person. Michael Kühl tells me that most newspaper reports have either 'W. Litzenberger' or 'W.J. Litzenberger', for example the Brooklyn Eagle of 21 Dec. 1910 (p15), and he suggests that this is the William John Litzenberger of Staten Island at the Find a Grave website.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 129, 538
   Hilbert, Napier, page 9
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 71, no. 352, 21 Dec. 1910, page 15
   [BSU], 23 Feb. 1895, page 7
   [NYS], 22 Jan. 1895
   [NYTr], 4 Aug. 1895
Web
   [William John Litzenberger]

Tournament data

New York 1894 (7)     Brooklyn YMCA - Staten Island Club Match    
  Litzenberger, W.J. - Taber, C.S.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (3)     Metropolitan Club - Staten Island Club Match    
  Litzenberger, W.J. - Kempa-Pieczonka, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1895 (4)     Manhattan - Staten Island Club Match    
  Litzenberger, W.J. - Davidson, H. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1895 (8)     Brooklyn - Staten Island Club Match    
  Litzenberger, W.J. - de Visser, W.M.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (9)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament     1  /  3
New York 1895 (12)     New York City - Staten Island Club Match    
  Litzenberger, W.J. - Devide, C.     0 - 1    
New York 1895 (16)     Brooklyn YMCA - Staten Island Club Match    
  Litzenberger, W.J. - Taber, C.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1896 (1)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - General Tournament     0.5  /  3
New York 1898 (5)     Cosmopolitan Club - Staten Island Club Match    
  Litzenberger, W.J. - Gunzberg, L.     0 - 1    
New York 1901 (7)     Staten Island Club Championship     9  /  12
New York 1910 (6)     Dyker Heights - Staten Island Match    
  Litzenberger, W.J. - Spillane, R.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025