Helms, Hermann




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1890  203  2253 (84) 2
1891  182  2269 (73) 0
1892  172  2284 (59) 0
1893  149  2299 (40) 46
1894  110  2341 (38) 37
1895  101  2349 (45) 6
1896  85  2371 (46) 13
1897  78  2369 (49) 11
1898  73  2371 (56) 2
1899  77  2373 (61) 2
1900  87  2365 (64) 1
1901  90  2362 (65) 0
1902  93  2358 (63) 2
1903  88  2364 (61) 1
1904  90  2365 (56) 11
1905  91  2365 (59) 1
1906  82  2380 (60) 5
1907  99  2360 (63) 2
1908  139  2333 (67) 1
1909  196  2306 (69) 3
1910  195  2305 (75) 0
1911  201  2304 (78) 0
1912  199  2303 (79) 0
1913  194  2302 (79) 0
1914  192  2301 (77) 2
1915  165  2306 (77) 2
1916  156  2312 (80) 1
1917  163  2305 (83) 0
1918  171  2298 (85) 0
1919  182  2291 (85) 1
1920  201  2290 (85) 0
1921  216  2288 (83) 0
1922  232  2286 (80) 0
1923  247  2285 (75) 2
1924  269  2281 (72) 0
1925  275  2277 (65) 12
1926  361  2251 (66) 7
1927  415  2243 (74) 0
1928  461  2234 (79) 0
1929  493  2226 (82) 0
1930  532  2218 (84) 0
1931  605  2209 (85) 0
1932  644  2201 (84) 0
1933  699  2192 (82) 0
1934  747  2184 (78) 1
1935  794  2179 (74) 0
1936  807  2174 (68) 10
1937  874  2150 (70) 0
1938  994  2125 (68) 9
1939  1001  2103 (78) 0
1940  953  2081 (87) 0
1941  974  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 1894 (8)     Brooklyn Club Championship     9  /  11
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
New York 1896 (3)     Brooklyn Club Championship     10.5  /  13
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: 24 Aug. 2025