Koch, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  168  2281 (93) 9
1899  193  2270 (98) 0
1900  207  2260 (102) 0
1901  229  2250 (105) 0
1902  254  2240 (108) 0
1903  281  2229 (110) 0
1904  308  2219 (112) 0
1905  334  2209 (113) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Koch, William H.  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Urcan has 'P. Koch' in the Cosmopolitan Club Championship of 1898, taken from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 17 Jul. 1898 (p.11), but the American Chess Magazine of Aug. 1898 (p.82) has 'W. Koch' there, and in the Nov. 1898 issue (p.210), William Koch is listed as a member of the Cosmopolitan Club. Not to be confused with Walter W. Koch (both appear in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 13 Oct. 1901, Sec.2, p.20).
 
References
Books
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 21, 50
Periodicals
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 2, Aug. 1898, page 82
   [ACMa], vol. 2, no. 5, Nov. 1898, page 210
   [BDE], vol. 58, no. 197, 17 July 1898, page 11
   [BDE], vol. 61, no. 284, 13 Oct. 1901, page s2.20
   [NYTi], vol. 53, no. 16800, 9 Nov. 1903, page 12
Web
   [William Koch]

Tournament data

New York 1898 (10)     Cosmopolitan Club Championship     7  /  9
New York 1905 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship    
  Koch, W.H. - Schwietzer, G.J.     0 - 1    
  Koch, W.H. - Kreymborg, A.F.     1 - 0    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025