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de Visser, William

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1880  146  2214 (75) 12 1881  157  2220 (77) 0 1882  158  2226 (77) 0 1883  169  2232 (75) 3 1884  169  2247 (76) 0 1885  162  2262 (76) 2 1886  147  2282 (76) 0 1887  137  2303 (74) 2 1888  116  2328 (70) 1 1889  93  2351 (64) 9 1890  92  2348 (67) 0 1891  102  2344 (67) 1 1892  106  2345 (64) 5 1893  93  2353 (63) 2 1894  89  2358 (60) 3 1895  85  2367 (57) 6 1896  72  2383 (57) 1 1897  59  2402 (54) 8 1898  59  2403 (56) 3 1899  48  2422 (57) 8 1900  68  2391 (65) 1 1901  93  2356 (72) 0 1902  126  2320 (77) 0 1903  180  2284 (80) 1 1904  253  2252 (83) 1 1905  292  2232 (87) 1 1906  348  2203 (91) 0 1907  411  2175 (95) 1 1908  477  2144 (99) 0 1909  574  2113 (103) 1 1910  607  2096 (108) 0 1911  672  2079 (112) 0 1912  691  2061 (116) 0 1913  726  2044 (120) 0 1914  727  2027 (123) 0 1915  719  2010 (125) 1 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: de Visser, William M.   Born: 5 Nov. 1855 Died: 4 Dec. 1923   References Books    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 91, 447    Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 118, 154    Harding, Steinitz in London, page 304    Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 74, 323    Hilbert, Napier, page 187    Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 378    Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 116    Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 69 Web    Hilbert, John S.  [Hermann Helms and Correspondence Chess Coverage in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle]

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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Carvajal, V.M. - de Visser, W.M. 1883	(c)	1	-	0
Lasker, Em. - de Visser, W.M. 1892	(f)	2	-	0
Lasker, Em. - de Visser, W.M. 1893	(c)	1.5	-	0.5
Steinitz, W. - de Visser, W.M. 1898	(c)	1	-	0
Janowsky, D.M. - de Visser, W.M. 1899	(f)	0.5	-	0.5

Tournament data

New York 1880 (2)	5th American Chess Congress - Minor Tourney		7.5	/	12
Philadelphia and New York 1883	Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Kaiser, J.A.	1 - 1
New York 1885 (3)	Manhattan Club - New York Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Andres, R.	1 - 0
New York 1885 (4)	Manhattan Club - New York Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Andres, R.	0 - 1
New York 1887 (2)	Manhattan Club - New York Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Ward, J. (1)	1 - 1
New York 1887 (3)	Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Shepard, A.W.	2 - 0
New York 1888 (3)	Manhattan Club - Columbia Club Match (Round 1)
	de Visser, W.M. - Suydam	1 - 0
New York 1888 (4)	Manhattan Club - Columbia Club Match (Round 2)
	de Visser, W.M. - Stern, Max	1 - 0
Skaneateles 1889 (1)	2nd New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class		4.5	/	6
Skaneateles 1889 (7)	2nd New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - Handicap Final		2.5	/	3
New York 1890 (1)	Bachelors - Benedicks Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Westfield, E.	1 - 0
New York 1891 (5)	New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Wheeler, T.K.	1 - 0
New York 1892 (1)	Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Loyd, S.	0 - 1
New York 1892 (2)	Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Loyd, S.	1 - 0
New York and New Orleans 1892	Manhattan - New Orleans telegraph match
	de Visser, W.M. - Claiborne, F.	1 - 0
New York 1894 (2)	16th New York State Championship
	de Visser, W.M. - Halpern, J.C.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1894 (3)	Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Rocamora, S.R.	1 - 0
New York 1894 (4)	Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Rocamora, S.R.	0 - 1
New York 1894 (5)	Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Driscoll, H.F.	1 - 0
Newark 1894	Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Driscoll, H.F.	1 - 0
New York 1895 (2)	Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Baird, D.G.	0.5 - 0.5
Newark 1895 (1)	Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Bernstein, L.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1895 (8)	Brooklyn - Staten Island Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Litzenberger, W.L.	1 - 0
New York 1895 (13)	Brooklyn - Metropolitan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Linzbach, M.	1 - 0
New York 1895 (15)	Brooklyn - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Ferris, W.J.	1 - 0
Philadelphia and New York 1895	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Young, J.W. (1)	0 - 1
Philadelphia 1896 (2)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Morgan, M.	0.5 - 0.5
Philadelphia and New York 1897	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Kaiser, J.A.	1 - 0
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (3)	Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match		4.5	/	7
New York 1898 (6)	Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Nugent, C.	1 - 0
New York 1898 (7)	Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Nugent, C.	0 - 1
New York 1899 (2)	New York State Championship		3.5	/	4
	de Visser, W.M. - Lipschutz, S.	1.5 - 0.5
Philadelphia 1899 (3)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Shipley, W.P.	0 - 1
New York 1900 (4)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Shipley, W.P.	1 - 0
Philadelphia 1901 (4)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Doerr, F.W.	1 - 0
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Robinson, A.K.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1904 (3)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Young, J.W. (1)	0 - 1
New York 1905	Manhattan Club - All New Jersey Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Vorrath, G.	1 - 0
Philadelphia 1905 (1)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Young, J.W. (1)	1 - 0
Philadelphia 1907 (2)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Hopper, L.	1 - 0
New York 1909 (3)	Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Menkes, H.	0 - 1
Philadelphia 1915	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Driver, P.B.	0 - 1

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022