Frère, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  214  2248 (58) 9
1893  218  2243 (46) 26
1894  258  2215 (46) 14
1895  340  2161 (52) 3
1896  350  2147 (55) 3
1897  362  2146 (56) 3
1898  397  2136 (55) 11
1899  446  2113 (62) 2
1900  535  2080 (67) 0
1901  614  2048 (69) 8
1902  628  2047 (79) 0
1903  622  2046 (86) 0
1904  652  2046 (92) 0
1905  675  2045 (97) 0
1906  682  2045 (101) 0
1907  717  2044 (104) 0
1908  723  2043 (107) 0
1909  776  2043 (109) 0
1910  774  2042 (111) 0
1911  792  2042 (112) 0
1912  780  2041 (113) 0
1913  787  2040 (113) 0
1914  773  2040 (113) 0
1915  728  2039 (112) 0
1916  713  2039 (111) 0
1917  707  2038 (109) 0
1918  727  2037 (107) 0
1919  729  2037 (104) 0
1920  798  2036 (101) 0
1921  859  2036 (97) 0
1922  896  2035 (92) 0
1923  980  2034 (85) 2
1924  1041  2027 (81) 0
1925  1111  2020 (75) 0
1926  1189  2012 (67) 13
1927  1292  1987 (72) 0
1928  1357  1961 (75) 0
1929  1409  1936 (76) 0
1930  1492  1910 (75) 0
1931  1618  1885 (72) 1
1932  1669  1865 (67) 13
1933  1646  1857 (68) 0
1934  1766  1849 (65) 11
1935  1784  1827 (66) 14
1936  1707  1817 (73) 0
1937  1599  1808 (79) 0
1938  1571  1798 (82) 0
1939  1398  1788 (84) 0
1940  1170  1779 (85) 8

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Frère, Walter  
Born: 19 Jan. 1874
Died: 24 Apr. 1943
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 383
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 314
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 127
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 167
   Hilbert, Napier, page 9, 67
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 142
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 29, 119
   Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 181
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 123
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 14
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 148
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 350

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Frere, W. - Bradford, R.F. 1892         (f)     5.5   -   3.5
Helms, H. - Frere, W. 1893         (f)     8   -   8

Tournament data

New York 1893 (6)     New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, First Class    
  Frere, W. - Scripture, W.E.     3 - 1    
New York 1893 (11)     New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, Final     2  /  6
New York 1894 (1)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament    
  Frere, W. - Broughton, L.D.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Frere, W. - Hein, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Frere, W. - Richards, G.H.     1 - 0    
  Frere, W. - Helms, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Otten, H.     0 - 1    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Otten, H.     1 - 0    
Newark 1894     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Sternberg, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Buffalo 1894 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     4  /  7
New York 1895 (9)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament     0  /  3
New York 1896 (1)     18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - General Tournament     1  /  3
New York 1897 (4)     19th New York State Chess Association Meeting - General Tournament     1.5  /  3
New York 1898 (4)     Brooklyn Club Championship     6  /  11
New York 1898 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Taubenhaus, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1898 (7)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Taubenhaus, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1899 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmpolitan Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Schoenbaum, D.     1 - 0    
New York 1899 (4)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1901 (1)     Brooklyn Club Championship     4  /  8
New York 1901 (4)     New York State Chess Association - General Tournament    
  Frere, W. - Robinson, E.W.     1 - 0    
  Frere, W. - Stanley (1)     1 - 0    
  Frere, W. - Robinson, T.T.     0 - 1    
New York 1923 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Cohn, A.A.     0 - 1    
New York 1923 (7)     Chess Club International - Newark Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Hodges, A.B.     0 - 1    
New York 1923 (17)     Progressive Club - Newark Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Chajes, O.     1 - 0    
New York 1926 (2)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Tenner, O.     0 - 1    
New York 1926 (4)     Dimock Tournament - Section B     5.5  /  12
New York 1931 (12)     Marshall Club - North Jersey Club Match    
  Frere, W. - Polland, D.S.     0 - 1    
New York 1932 (14)     16th Marshall Club Championship     0.5  /  13
New York 1934 (2)     17th Marshall Club Championship     1.5  /  11
New York 1935 (4)     18th Marshall Club Championship     1  /  14
New York 1940 (7)     3rd U.S.A. Championship - Preliminary Section C     2  /  8


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025