Common, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  355  1982 (131) 3
1874  364  1992 (126) 0
1875  367  2001 (121) 0
1876  354  2010 (114) 2
1877  344  2007 (111) 1
1878  339  2010 (110) 0
1879  339  2014 (108) 0
1880  360  2017 (106) 0
1881  394  2020 (103) 0
1882  396  2023 (99) 2
1883  469  2011 (100) 2
1884  499  2012 (105) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Common, Walter  
Born: 1818
Died: 1897
 
Notes:
There was a 'W. Common' active in Yorkshire chess in the 1840s and 1850s, who Steve Mann tentatively identifies as Walter Common, the father of Arthur Welsh Common. Walter Common died in 1897, so could have been the 'W. Common' who played in the Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match of 1883. Steve Mann gives year of birth of Walter Common as 1817-1818.
 
References
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1883, page 68
   [CPC], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1845, page 177
   [CPC], vol. 13, no. 7, July 1852, page 222
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1854, page 61
   [Era], vol. 14, no. 715, 6 June 1852, page 6
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 6, 15 June 1845, page 280
   [WP], vol. 9, no. 2, 1 June 1876, page 26
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1852: Staunton in Halifax]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1873: Bradford v Halifax]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Walter Common and Arthur Welsh Common]

Tournament data

Bradford 1873 (1)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Muller, H. (1)     2 - 1    
Halifax 1876 (1)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Mills, D. (1)     2 - 0    
Halifax 1877     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Menssing, G.A.     0 - 1    
Leeds 1882 (3)     Leeds - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Stokoe, T.Y.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Edgar, J.S.     0 - 2    
Bradford 1884 (4)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Mallett, G.E.     2 - 0    


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023