de Visser, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1880  70  2367 (62) 12
1881  59  2409 (55) 10
1882  52  2428 (52) 20
1883  70  2395 (59) 3
1884  79  2385 (65) 0
1885  82  2375 (68) 2
1886  83  2376 (71) 0
1887  80  2378 (70) 2
1888  71  2385 (68) 1
1889  69  2392 (63) 9
1890  81  2383 (66) 0
1891  88  2373 (66) 1
1892  91  2368 (63) 5
1893  83  2371 (62) 2
1894  83  2371 (59) 5
1895  80  2377 (57) 6
1896  68  2389 (57) 1
1897  55  2406 (54) 8
1898  57  2405 (56) 3
1899  47  2422 (57) 8
1900  69  2391 (65) 1
1901  98  2354 (72) 0
1902  131  2317 (77) 0
1903  182  2280 (80) 1
1904  261  2246 (83) 1
1905  304  2225 (87) 1
1906  359  2196 (91) 0
1907  429  2167 (95) 1
1908  500  2136 (99) 0
1909  595  2105 (103) 1
1910  636  2088 (108) 0
1911  697  2070 (112) 0
1912  725  2053 (116) 0
1913  770  2036 (119) 0
1914  766  2019 (122) 0
1915  757  2001 (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
   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 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: 17 Dec. 2024