de Visser, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1880  81  2355 (60) 12
1881  65  2397 (53) 10
1882  60  2412 (48) 27
1883  80  2381 (57) 3
1884  89  2373 (64) 0
1885  93  2364 (67) 2
1886  93  2367 (70) 0
1887  89  2370 (70) 2
1888  76  2379 (67) 1
1889  72  2387 (63) 9
1890  83  2379 (66) 0
1891  89  2370 (66) 1
1892  95  2366 (63) 5
1893  87  2371 (62) 2
1894  82  2373 (59) 5
1895  79  2379 (57) 6
1896  71  2389 (57) 1
1897  56  2404 (53) 8
1898  59  2402 (56) 3
1899  50  2417 (56) 8
1900  76  2384 (64) 1
1901  111  2344 (70) 0
1902  151  2305 (74) 1
1903  218  2269 (77) 1
1904  294  2232 (80) 1
1905  341  2209 (83) 1
1906  413  2178 (87) 0
1907  485  2147 (90) 1
1908  561  2114 (94) 0
1909  694  2081 (96) 1
1910  741  2060 (100) 0
1911  805  2039 (103) 1
1912  830  2023 (108) 0
1913  873  2007 (112) 0
1914  871  1992 (116) 0
1915  843  1976 (119) 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
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 27
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 69
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [Hermann Helms and Correspondence Chess Coverage in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Ensor, A.W. - de Visser, W.M. 1882         (c)     4   -   3
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
New York 1881     Manhattan Club Championship     8  /  10
New York 1882     Manhattan Club Tournament     16  /  20
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.J.     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    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  de Visser, W.M. - Robinson, A.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
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 (1)     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 1911 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  de Visser, W.M. - Sze, L.R.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  de Visser, W.M. - Driver, P.B.     0 - 1    
New York 1919 (1)     Marshall's Chess Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  de Visser, W.M. - St. John, F.C.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026