Frère, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  217  2247 (58) 9
1893  221  2242 (46) 26
1894  260  2214 (46) 14
1895  342  2160 (52) 3
1896  357  2145 (55) 3
1897  364  2144 (56) 3
1898  402  2134 (55) 11
1899  453  2110 (62) 2
1900  543  2078 (67) 0
1901  618  2045 (69) 8
1902  633  2045 (79) 0
1903  622  2044 (86) 0
1904  655  2044 (92) 0
1905  674  2043 (97) 0
1906  682  2043 (101) 0
1907  712  2042 (104) 0
1908  722  2042 (107) 0
1909  776  2042 (109) 0
1910  776  2041 (111) 0
1911  795  2041 (112) 0
1912  784  2040 (113) 0
1913  792  2040 (113) 0
1914  780  2039 (113) 0
1915  733  2039 (112) 0
1916  714  2038 (111) 0
1917  710  2038 (109) 0
1918  728  2037 (107) 0
1919  729  2037 (104) 0
1920  796  2036 (101) 0
1921  860  2036 (97) 0
1922  889  2035 (92) 0
1923  972  2035 (85) 2
1924  1032  2027 (81) 0
1925  1108  2020 (75) 0
1926  1185  2012 (67) 13
1927  1291  1987 (72) 0
1928  1352  1962 (75) 0
1929  1404  1936 (76) 0
1930  1491  1911 (75) 0
1931  1611  1885 (72) 1
1932  1659  1865 (67) 13
1933  1640  1857 (68) 0
1934  1757  1850 (65) 11
1935  1779  1828 (66) 14
1936  1701  1818 (73) 0
1937  1595  1808 (79) 0
1938  1566  1799 (82) 0
1939  1391  1789 (84) 0
1940  1164  1780 (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 (13)     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: 15 May 2025