Helms, Hermann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  217  2246 (84) 2
1891  191  2261 (73) 0
1892  179  2276 (60) 0
1893  159  2291 (41) 46
1894  129  2320 (42) 26
1895  130  2321 (49) 6
1896  118  2333 (54) 0
1897  95  2344 (52) 11
1898  92  2352 (58) 2
1899  89  2358 (62) 2
1900  98  2354 (64) 1
1901  98  2354 (66) 0
1902  98  2353 (64) 2
1903  93  2361 (61) 1
1904  93  2364 (56) 11
1905  93  2365 (59) 1
1906  84  2380 (60) 5
1907  99  2360 (63) 2
1908  142  2333 (67) 1
1909  196  2306 (69) 3
1910  196  2305 (75) 0
1911  202  2304 (78) 0
1912  199  2303 (79) 0
1913  194  2302 (79) 0
1914  192  2301 (77) 2
1915  165  2306 (77) 2
1916  157  2312 (80) 1
1917  163  2305 (83) 0
1918  174  2298 (85) 0
1919  182  2291 (85) 1
1920  202  2290 (85) 0
1921  218  2288 (83) 0
1922  233  2286 (80) 0
1923  245  2284 (76) 2
1924  273  2280 (72) 0
1925  280  2275 (66) 12
1926  367  2250 (66) 7
1927  423  2242 (74) 0
1928  465  2233 (79) 0
1929  494  2225 (82) 0
1930  533  2216 (84) 0
1931  605  2208 (85) 0
1932  645  2200 (84) 0
1933  694  2191 (82) 0
1934  739  2183 (78) 1
1935  790  2178 (74) 0
1936  791  2174 (68) 10
1937  847  2149 (70) 0
1938  952  2125 (68) 9
1939  937  2103 (78) 0
1940  866  2081 (87) 0
1941  870  2059 (94) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Helms, Hermann  
Born: 5 Jan. 1870
Died: 6 Jan. 1963
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 306
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 326
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 386
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 356
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 155
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 169
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 140
   Hilbert, Napier, page 10
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 285
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 374
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 42, 156
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 107
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [Hermann Helms and Correspondence Chess Coverage in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
   Winter, Edward.  [Chess Records]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4781. Hermann Helms]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Schottlander, A. - Helms, H. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Helms, H. - Souweine, A.J. 1893         (f)     5.5   -   2.5
Helms, H. - Frere, W. 1893         (f)     8   -   8
Helms, H. - Southwick, A.W. 1893         (f)     2   -   5      Helms, H. gave odds of a rook
Helms, H. - Tatum, J.C. 1894         (f)     8   -   3
Karff, Ms. N.M. - Helms, H. 1941         (f)     1   -   0

Tournament data

New York 1890 (2)     Brooklyn Y.M.C.A. Club - Newark Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Bippart, A.     2 - 0    
New York 1893 (7)     New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, Second Class     4  /  4
New York 1893 (11)     New York State Chess Association - Handicap Tournament, Final     4.5  /  6      odds player in pawn and move class
New York 1893 (12)     Cafe Bondy Handicap Tournament     32  /  40      odds player in pawn and move class
New York 1894 (1)     New York State Chess Association General Tournament    
  Helms, H. - Roething, O.     1 - 0    
  Helms, H. - Yeaton, F.H.     1 - 0    
  Helms, H. - Frere, W.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1894 (3)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Sobernheim, E.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (4)     Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Baird, D.G.     1 - 0    
New York 1894 (5)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Habig, J.C.     1 - 0    
Newark 1894     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Habig, J.C.     0.5 - 0.5    
Buffalo 1894 (2)     New York State Chess Association - General Tourney     3  /  7
New York 1894 (7)     Brooklyn YMCA - Staten Island Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Ryan, W.T.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (2)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Dahl, E.W.     1 - 0    
Newark 1895 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Greenberg, S.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (16)     Brooklyn YMCA - Staten Island Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Ryan, W.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1895 (17)     Cafe Boulevard Handicap Tournament     16  /  25
London, England and New York 1897     2nd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Jackson, E.M.     0 - 1    
New York 1897 (6)     Brooklyn Club Championship     7  /  10
New York 1898 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1898 (7)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Roething, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1899 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmpolitan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Ginsberg, M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1899 (4)     Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Halpern, J.C.     1 - 0    
New York and Chicago 1900     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Helms, H. - Uedemann, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Girdlestone, T.B.     1 - 0    
New York and Boston, Massachusetts 1902     Brooklyn - Boston Telegraphic Match    
  Helms, H. - Hawes, J.W.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Hooke, G.A.     1 - 0    
New York 1904 (4)     Brooklyn Club Team Match    
  Helms, H. - Souweine, A.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1904 (5)     Brooklyn Club Rice Gambit Tournament     7  /  10
New York and Chicago 1905 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Helms, H. - Phillips, C.W.     0 - 1    
New York 1906 (2)     28th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship     3.5  /  4
New York 1906 (7)     Columbia University - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Capablanca, J.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1907 (2)     New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Helms, H. - Jaffe, C.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1907 (3)     Manhattan Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Baird, D.G.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1908     10th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Lawrence, T.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1909 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Sternberg, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1909 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Eisenberg, L.R.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1909     11th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Helms, H. - Michell, R.P.     0 - 1    
New York 1914 (10)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Kreymborg, A.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (11)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Koehler, G.H.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1915 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Kupchik, A.     0 - 1    
New York 1915 (9)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Smith, M.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1916 (1)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Chajes, O.     1 - 0    
New York 1919 (1)     Marshall's Chess Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Gilman, W.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1923 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Swedish Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Gustafson, G.A.     1 - 0    
New York 1923 (16)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Bernstein, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1925 (4)     Brooklyn Club - International Club Match    
  Helms, H. - McCudden, J.L.     1 - 0    
Buffalo 1925     New York State Chess Association Congress     6.5  /  7
  Helms, H. - Lear, J.D.     3 - 1    
Rome, New York 1926     New York State Chess Association Congress - Championship     4  /  7
Philadelphia 1934     Marshall Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Bolden, H.D.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1935     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Helms, H. - Huntsberger, R.E.     1 - 0    
Poughkeepsie 1936     58th New York State Chess Association Tournament     9  /  11
Cazenovia 1938     New York State Chess Association Championship     3.5  /  9

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025