de Visser, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1880  70  2367 (62) 12
1881  59  2410 (55) 10
1882  51  2428 (52) 20
1883  69  2396 (59) 3
1884  78  2385 (65) 0
1885  83  2375 (68) 2
1886  82  2376 (71) 0
1887  81  2378 (70) 2
1888  71  2385 (68) 1
1889  69  2392 (63) 9
1890  81  2382 (66) 0
1891  89  2373 (66) 1
1892  94  2367 (63) 5
1893  86  2371 (62) 2
1894  85  2371 (59) 5
1895  84  2376 (57) 6
1896  70  2388 (57) 1
1897  57  2404 (54) 8
1898  60  2402 (56) 3
1899  51  2418 (57) 8
1900  74  2385 (65) 1
1901  108  2346 (72) 0
1902  145  2308 (76) 0
1903  205  2269 (78) 1
1904  288  2234 (81) 1
1905  326  2211 (84) 1
1906  398  2180 (88) 0
1907  474  2148 (91) 1
1908  548  2115 (94) 0
1909  671  2081 (97) 1
1910  714  2060 (101) 0
1911  783  2039 (104) 1
1912  805  2023 (108) 0
1913  850  2007 (113) 0
1914  836  1992 (116) 0
1915  809  1976 (120) 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    
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: 31 Jan. 2025