Shipley, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1877  69  2336 (98) 3
1878  64  2348 (95) 0
1879  60  2360 (90) 0
1880  65  2373 (85) 5
1881  65  2382 (80) 1
1882  64  2389 (75) 1
1883  69  2390 (69) 2
1884  64  2411 (65) 0
1885  48  2432 (57) 2
1886  47  2441 (45) 30
1887  58  2415 (40) 28
1888  45  2446 (41) 14
1889  39  2442 (40) 15
1890  46  2435 (39) 27
1891  44  2430 (41) 15
1892  56  2417 (42) 11
1893  74  2382 (39) 21
1894  95  2348 (38) 36
1895  105  2338 (42) 9
1896  97  2350 (41) 15
1897  86  2351 (38) 25
1898  73  2376 (38) 23
1899  85  2363 (36) 31
1900  74  2384 (39) 19
1901  76  2380 (41) 20
1902  100  2351 (47) 8
1903  98  2355 (51) 1
1904  95  2365 (49) 7
1905  77  2389 (47) 12
1906  69  2395 (48) 11
1907  76  2383 (51) 2
1908  98  2367 (48) 8
1909  102  2365 (45) 18
1910  128  2346 (49) 8
1911  152  2338 (53) 4
1912  136  2344 (54) 9
1913  137  2337 (59) 1
1914  127  2338 (62) 4
1915  121  2338 (65) 7
1916  146  2317 (74) 1
1917  167  2300 (82) 0
1918  201  2282 (88) 0
1919  232  2264 (94) 0
1920  281  2247 (98) 0
1921  326  2229 (101) 0
1922  378  2212 (104) 0
1923  455  2194 (106) 0
1924  543  2176 (107) 3
1925  597  2165 (112) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Shipley, Walter Penn  
   Also known as: G.H. Vaux
Born: 20 June 1860
Died: 17 Feb. 1942
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 316
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 171
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 388
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 293
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 580
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 224
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 90
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 32, 271
   Hilbert, Napier, page 3
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 15, 57
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 248
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 120
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 1907, page 18
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [Chess Books for Christmas], page 12
   Hilbert, John S.  [A Century Ago in Correspondence Chess]
   Kingston, Taylor.  [Worthy Man, Worthwhile Book]
   Sarah.  [George Henry Mackenzie]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Reichhelm, G.C. - Shipley, W.P. 1877 (1)         (c)     0   -   2      Reichhelm, G.C. gave odds of a knight
Reichhelm, G.C. - Shipley, W.P. 1877 (2)         (s)     1   -   0      Reichhelm, G.C. gave odds of pawn and move
Shipley, W.P. - Miller, E.H. 1880         (f)     5   -   0
Michaelis, O.E. - Shipley, W.P. 1881         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Steinitz, W. - Shipley, W.P. 1882         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Shipley, W.P. - Robinson, A.K. 1886         (f)     10.5   -   7.5
Bird, H.E. - Shipley, W.P. 1887         (s)     2   -   1
Gunsberg, I.A. - Shipley, W.P. 1889         (c)     3   -   2
Shipley, W.P. - Weiss, M. 1889         (c)     1   -   0
Bird, H.E. - Shipley, W.P. 1889         (f)     5.5   -   3.5
Shipley, W.P. - Priester, A. 1890         (f)     7   -   6
Gunsberg, I.A. - Shipley, W.P. 1891         (c)     2.5   -   2.5
Shipley, W.P. - Morgan, J.P. 1891         (f)     6   -   2
Lasker, Em. - Shipley, W.P. 1892         (c)     1   -   1
Hanham, J.M. - Shipley, W.P. 1893         (f)     2   -   1
Walbrodt, C.A. - Shipley, W.P. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Pillsbury, H.N. - Shipley, W.P. 1893         (c)     0   -   1
Albin, A. - Shipley, W.P. 1894         (c)     2.5   -   0.5
Albin, A. - Shipley, W.P. 1895         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Showalter, J.W. - Shipley, W.P. 1896         (c)     2.5   -   1.5
Showalter, J.W. - Shipley, W.P. 1897         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Pillsbury, H.N. - Shipley, W.P. 1898         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Shipley, W.P. - Friedewald, S. 1901         (c)     1   -   0
Lasker, Em. - Shipley, W.P. 1902         (f)     1   -   0
Maroczy, G. - Shipley, W.P. 1906         (f)     1   -   0
Shipley, W.P. - Yanes, F.G. 1907         (c)     1   -   0
Capablanca, J.R. - Shipley, W.P. 1915         (f)     1   -   0
Marshall, F.J. - Shipley, W.P. 1915         (c)     3   -   2

Tournament data

Philadelphia and New York 1883     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Lipschutz, S.     0 - 2    
Philadelphia 1885 (1)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Shipley, W.P. - Price, J.H.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1885 (2)     Germantown - Wilmington Club Match (3)    
  Shipley, W.P. - Tatnall, G.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1886 (1)     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Shipley, W.P. - Price, J.H.     1 - 0    
Cooperstown 1886 (1)     1st New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class     5  /  6
Cooperstown 1886 (4)     1st New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - Play-offs    
  Shipley, W.P. - Seacord, J.S.     2 - 0          Shipley, W.P. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Shipley, W.P. - McKinney, C.     2 - 0          Shipley, W.P. gave odds of a rook
Wilmington 1886     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (1)    
  Shipley, W.P. - Price, J.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1887 (1)     10th New York State Championship    
  Shipley, W.P. - Huntington, W.S.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Munoz, J.B.     0 - 1    
  Shipley, W.P. - Todd, J.H.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Vorrath, A.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Mintz, F.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1887 (1)     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (2)    
  Shipley, W.P. - Price, J.H.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1887 (2)     2nd Franklin Chess Club Championship     9  /  18      odds player in pawn and move class
Wilmington 1887     Junior Club - Wilmington Club Match (1)    
  Shipley, W.P. - Price, J.H.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1888 (1)     3rd Franklin Chess Club Championship     11  /  14
Philadelphia 1890 (1)     5th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10  /  14
Philadelphia 1891 (1)     6th Franklin Chess Club Championship    
  Shipley, W.P. - Young, J.W. (1)     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Martinez, C.S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1892     Junior Club - New York City Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Skaneateles 1892 (2)     New York State Chess Association - Rice Trophy, First Class     6  /  8
Philadelphia 1893 (1)     8th Franklin Chess Club Championship     13  /  18
Philadelphia 1894 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Shipley, W.P. - Baldwin, W.M.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Robinson, D.S.     0 - 1    
  Shipley, W.P. - Morgan, M.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1894 (2)     9th Franklin Chess Club Championship     17  /  24
Buffalo 1894 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     5.5  /  7
Philadelphia 1895 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Shipley, W.P. - Perry-Smith, O.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Seymour, E.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Shipley, W.P. - Newman, C.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Shipley, W.P. - Morgan, J.P.     1.5 - 1.5    
Philadelphia and New York 1895     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Rocamora, S.R.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1896 (1)     Franklin Chess Club Knock-Out Tournament    
  Shipley, W.P. - Rhoads, J.H.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Maguire, E.S.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Bampton, S.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1896 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Delmar, E. (1)     0 - 1    
Ontario Beach 1896 (1)     9th New York State Chess Association Summer Congress     5.5  /  7
Philadelphia 1897 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Shipley, W.P. - Roeske, J.F.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Barrett, S.R.     0 - 1    
  Shipley, W.P. - Boice, W.S.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia and New York 1897     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Davidson, H. (1)     0.5 - 0.5    
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (3)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match     4  /  7
Philadelphia 1897 (2)     12th Franklin Chess Club Championship     6  /  11
Philadelphia 1897 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Chilton, H.J.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1898 (1)     Junior Chess Club Tournament     5.5  /  8
Philadelphia 1898 (2)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Shipley, W.P. - Elson, J.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Blakemore, J.P.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Hoopes, W.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Ferris, W.J.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1898 (3)     13th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8.5  /  11
Philadelphia 1899 (1)     14th Junior Chess Club Championship     5.5  /  9
Philadelphia 1899 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - de Visser, W.M.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1899 (4)     14th Franklin Chess Club Championship     6  /  14
Saratoga Springs 1899     New York State Chess Association - Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament     4  /  7
New York 1900 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - de Visser, W.M.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1900     15th Franklin Chess Club Championship     12.5  /  18
Philadelphia 1901 (1)     Junior Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Rhoads, J.H.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1901 (2)     Junior Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  11
Philadelphia 1901 (3)     16th Franklin Chess Club Championship     11  /  14
Philadelphia 1901 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Finn, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1902 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Lipschutz, S.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1902     Franklin Club Championship     8  /  13
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Finn, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1904     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checkers Club Telegraph Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Phillips, C.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1904 (1)     19th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10.5  /  12
  Shipley, W.P. - Mlotkowski, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Shipley, W.P. - Bampton, S.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1904 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Phillips, H.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1904 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Stadelman, S.L.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia and Chicago 1905     Franklin Chess Club - Chicago Chess and Checker Club Telegraph Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Cravens, W.D.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Phillips, H.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1905 (2)     20th Franklin Chess Club Championship     8  /  10
New York 1906 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1906     21st Franklin Chess Club Championship     9.5  /  11
Philadelphia 1907 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Stadelman, S.L.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1907 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Finn, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1908 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Neill, B.M.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1908 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Whitaker, N.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1908 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Phillips, H.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1908 (3)     Junior Chess Club Championship     5  /  7
Philadelphia 1908 (6)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Whitaker, N.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1908 (7)     23rd Franklin Chess Club Championship     4.5  /  6
Philadelphia 1909 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Ruth, W.A.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1909 (2)     Junior Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Eschner, M.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1909 (3)     12th Pennsylvania State Chess Association Tournament    
  Shipley, W.P. - Kind, L.A.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Bampton, S.W.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Stoner, J.P.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Jacobs, S.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Ruth, W.A.     1 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Sharp, S.T.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1909 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Rosen, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1909 (5)     24th Franklin Chess Club Championship     10  /  12
Washington 1909     Franklin Chess Club - Washington Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Fox, A.W.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1909 (7)     Junior Chess Club Championship     8  /  9
Philadelphia 1910 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Lipman, L.R.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1910 (3)     24th Franklin Chess Club Championship play-off    
  Shipley, W.P. - Voigt, H.G.     1.5 - 2.5    
Philadelphia 1910 (4)     Junior Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Eschner, M.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1910 (5)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Flaccus, L.W.     1 - 0    
New York 1910 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Capablanca, J.R.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1911 (1)     Pennsylvania State Chess Association Championship     2  /  3
Philadelphia 1911 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Chess Association Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Barrett, S.R.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1911 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Johner, P.F.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1912 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Meyer, L.B.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1912 (7)     Franklin Chess Club Championship    
  Shipley, W.P. - Sze, L.R.     1.5 - 0.5    
  Shipley, W.P. - Goldberg, A.     1.5 - 0.5    
  Shipley, W.P. - Edwards, E.M.     2 - 0    
  Shipley, W.P. - Mlotkowski, S.     0.5 - 1.5    
Philadelphia 1913     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Marshall, F.J.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1914     Franklin Chess Club Championship    
  Shipley, W.P. - Robinson, D.S.     2 - 1    
New York 1914 (7)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Kupchik, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Lasker, Ed.     0 - 1    
New York 1916 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Smith, M.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1916     Franklin Chess Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Flacus, L.W.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1922 (1)     Franklin Club - University of Pennsylvania Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Francis (2)     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1922 (2)     Franklin Club - University of Pennsylvania Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Casciato, F.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1924 (1)     Franklin Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Stewart, W.H.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1924 (2)     Franklin Club - West Philadelphia High School Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Cohen, Max     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1924 (3)     Franklin Club - Merion Cricket Club (Chess Department) Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - French, H.B.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1925     Manhattan - Philadelphia Decoration Day Match    
  Shipley, W.P. - Phillips, H.M.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 18 Mar. 2024