de Visser, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1880  72  2364 (62) 12
1881  59  2407 (55) 10
1882  52  2426 (52) 20
1883  73  2393 (59) 3
1884  82  2382 (65) 0
1885  85  2372 (68) 2
1886  86  2373 (71) 0
1887  83  2375 (70) 2
1888  74  2382 (68) 1
1889  68  2389 (63) 9
1890  81  2379 (66) 0
1891  90  2369 (66) 1
1892  95  2364 (63) 5
1893  88  2367 (62) 2
1894  86  2368 (59) 5
1895  85  2373 (57) 6
1896  71  2385 (57) 1
1897  59  2401 (53) 8
1898  60  2399 (56) 3
1899  53  2415 (56) 8
1900  76  2382 (64) 1
1901  110  2343 (70) 0
1902  147  2303 (74) 1
1903  214  2267 (77) 1
1904  290  2231 (80) 1
1905  334  2208 (83) 1
1906  407  2177 (87) 0
1907  479  2146 (90) 1
1908  559  2112 (94) 0
1909  686  2079 (96) 1
1910  733  2058 (100) 0
1911  798  2037 (103) 1
1912  820  2021 (108) 0
1913  865  2005 (112) 0
1914  864  1989 (116) 0
1915  830  1974 (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)

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.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    
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: 12 Apr. 2025