Helms, Hermann
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1890 |
207 |
2255 | (83) | 2 |
| 1891 |
183 |
2270 | (73) | 0 |
| 1892 |
172 |
2285 | (59) | 0 |
| 1893 |
150 |
2300 | (40) | 46 |
| 1894 |
109 |
2343 | (38) | 37 |
| 1895 |
102 |
2351 | (45) | 6 |
| 1896 |
84 |
2373 | (46) | 13 |
| 1897 |
79 |
2371 | (49) | 11 |
| 1898 |
75 |
2373 | (56) | 2 |
| 1899 |
80 |
2375 | (61) | 2 |
| 1900 |
90 |
2367 | (64) | 1 |
| 1901 |
93 |
2364 | (65) | 0 |
| 1902 |
96 |
2361 | (63) | 2 |
| 1903 |
88 |
2367 | (61) | 1 |
| 1904 |
91 |
2368 | (56) | 11 |
| 1905 |
91 |
2367 | (59) | 1 |
| 1906 |
83 |
2382 | (60) | 5 |
| 1907 |
100 |
2363 | (63) | 2 |
| 1908 |
138 |
2336 | (67) | 1 |
| 1909 |
199 |
2309 | (69) | 3 |
| 1910 |
199 |
2308 | (75) | 0 |
| 1911 |
201 |
2307 | (78) | 0 |
| 1912 |
201 |
2306 | (79) | 0 |
| 1913 |
195 |
2305 | (79) | 0 |
| 1914 |
190 |
2304 | (77) | 2 |
| 1915 |
165 |
2308 | (77) | 2 |
| 1916 |
157 |
2315 | (80) | 1 |
| 1917 |
164 |
2308 | (83) | 0 |
| 1918 |
171 |
2301 | (85) | 0 |
| 1919 |
183 |
2294 | (85) | 1 |
| 1920 |
202 |
2292 | (85) | 0 |
| 1921 |
216 |
2290 | (83) | 0 |
| 1922 |
237 |
2288 | (80) | 0 |
| 1923 |
248 |
2287 | (75) | 2 |
| 1924 |
270 |
2283 | (72) | 0 |
| 1925 |
282 |
2278 | (65) | 12 |
| 1926 |
370 |
2253 | (66) | 7 |
| 1927 |
422 |
2245 | (74) | 0 |
| 1928 |
468 |
2236 | (79) | 0 |
| 1929 |
504 |
2228 | (82) | 0 |
| 1930 |
546 |
2220 | (84) | 0 |
| 1931 |
614 |
2211 | (85) | 0 |
| 1932 |
653 |
2203 | (84) | 0 |
| 1933 |
709 |
2195 | (82) | 0 |
| 1934 |
759 |
2187 | (78) | 1 |
| 1935 |
805 |
2182 | (74) | 0 |
| 1936 |
810 |
2177 | (68) | 10 |
| 1937 |
885 |
2153 | (70) | 0 |
| 1938 |
1004 |
2129 | (68) | 9 |
| 1939 |
1021 |
2107 | (78) | 0 |
| 1940 |
958 |
2084 | (87) | 0 |
| 1941 |
974 |
2062 | (94) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Helms, Hermann |
| Born: 5 Jan. 1870 |
| Died: 6 Jan. 1963 |
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| 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] |
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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 |
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| Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025 |
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