John, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  60  2405 (37) 49
1903  56  2411 (45) 0
1904  57  2418 (41) 12
1905  37  2454 (37) 21
1906  31  2463 (37) 15
1907  24  2487 (34) 28
1908  25  2493 (36) 25
1909  32  2465 (46) 0
1910  47  2437 (44) 17
1911  46  2442 (54) 0
1912  45  2447 (58) 0
1913  38  2452 (58) 0
1914  35  2457 (52) 11
1915  33  2463 (56) 0
1916  31  2470 (55) 0
1917  32  2476 (49) 16
1918  32  2470 (50) 12
1919  38  2456 (51) 0
1920  42  2443 (44) 15
1921  54  2431 (44) 17
1922  72  2399 (54) 4
1923  89  2387 (64) 0
1924  98  2376 (71) 0
1925  112  2365 (75) 0
1926  130  2353 (77) 0
1927  173  2342 (77) 0
1928  205  2330 (75) 0
1929  225  2319 (71) 0
1930  253  2308 (65) 0
1931  301  2296 (55) 0
1932  325  2285 (39) 25
1933  296  2292 (33) 38
1934  279  2301 (38) 27
1935  309  2295 (53) 0
1936  317  2288 (61) 0
1937  309  2282 (64) 0
1938  331  2275 (64) 13

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: John, Walter  
Born: 29 Jan. 1879
Died: 27 Dec. 1944
 
Notes:
Gaige and Woodger give date of birth as 1879, and say he died c1940. Goldman also gives 1879-1940. Alan McGowan has sent official records giving precise birth and death dates.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 308
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 388
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 158
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 264
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 83
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 195
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 524
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 448, 458, 576
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 362
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 123
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 351
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
   [Walter John]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

John, Wa. - Marco, G. 1905         (f)     3   -   3
John, Wa. - Spielmann, R. 1908         (f)     6   -   4
Mieses, J. - John, Wa. 1917         (f)     2.5   -   2.5

Tournament data

Berlin 1902 (5)     Berlin Finckenschaft-Turnier     9  /  14
Berlin 1902 (6)     Café Kerkau Free Tournament     9  /  13
Berlin 1902 (9)     Berlin Summer Tournament - Section II     6  /  7
Hanover 1902 (2)     13th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     15  /  21
Berlin 1902 (10)     1st Tournament of the General Chess Federation of Berlin     4  /  7
Coburg 1904 (1)     14th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     4  /  12
Barmen 1905 (1)     Barmen Tournament - Meisterturnier A     7  /  15
Ostend 1906 (1)     Ostend Tournament - First Stage, Section A - Section B     4.5  /  9
Ostend 1906 (4)     Ostend Tournament - Second Stage, Section B - Section D     2.5  /  6
Ostend 1907 (3)     Ostend Master Tournament     16  /  28
Dusseldorf 1908 (1)     16th German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     9  /  15
Hamburg 1910 (1)     17th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     5.5  /  17
Mannheim 1914 (1)     19th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     5  /  11
Berlin 1917     Berlin Tournament     9.5  /  11
Breslau 1918     Breslau Tournament     11  /  12
Goteborg 1920 (2)     Göteborg Tournament - Section B     9  /  15
Hamburg 1921 (1)     21st German Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     6.5  /  11
Berlin 1921 (5)     Berlin Tournament     4.5  /  6
Berlin 1922 (4)     Germany - Holland Match    
  John, Wa. - te Kolste, J.W.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1922 (5)     Germany - Sweden Match    
  John, Wa. - Nilsson, A.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1932 (5)     Berlin Championship     4  /  11
Berlin 1932 (7)     Berlin Tournament     6.5  /  14
Berlin 1933 (2)     Berlin Championship     4.5  /  11
Swinemunde 1933 (1)     Swinemunde Masters Tournament     3.5  /  9
Bad Salzbrunn 1933     20th Silesian Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament     3  /  7
Berlin 1933 (3)     Berlin Championship     5.5  /  11
Aachen 1934     30th Congress of the Deutschen Schachbundes     7.5  /  17
Berlin 1934     Berlin West District Championship     7  /  10
Aachen 1938     1st Reichschach Tournament     8.5  /  13


Player information updated: 13 Sept. 2023