John, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  58  2405 (37) 49
1903  55  2411 (45) 0
1904  56  2418 (41) 12
1905  38  2454 (37) 21
1906  31  2463 (37) 15
1907  24  2487 (34) 28
1908  25  2493 (36) 25
1909  31  2464 (46) 0
1910  47  2436 (44) 17
1911  48  2441 (54) 0
1912  45  2445 (58) 0
1913  38  2450 (58) 0
1914  37  2455 (52) 11
1915  33  2461 (56) 0
1916  32  2466 (55) 0
1917  32  2472 (49) 16
1918  35  2465 (50) 12
1919  39  2453 (51) 0
1920  42  2440 (44) 15
1921  54  2427 (44) 17
1922  74  2396 (54) 4
1923  89  2385 (64) 0
1924  101  2374 (71) 0
1925  112  2363 (75) 0
1926  130  2352 (77) 0
1927  171  2341 (77) 0
1928  204  2330 (75) 0
1929  224  2319 (71) 0
1930  250  2308 (65) 0
1931  299  2297 (55) 0
1932  322  2286 (39) 25
1933  297  2293 (33) 38
1934  278  2301 (36) 31
1935  351  2280 (49) 4
1936  354  2276 (58) 0
1937  354  2271 (62) 0
1938  371  2266 (62) 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
Wiesbaden 1934 (2)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Niederrhein    
  John, Wa. - Gerhardt, W.     0 - 1    
Wiesbaden 1934 (4)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Niederelbien    
  John, Wa. - Schneider, H.     1 - 0    
Wiesbaden 1934 (6)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Bayern    
  John, Wa. - Michel, P.     1 - 0    
Wiesbaden 1934 (8)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Sachsen    
  John, Wa. - Beyerlein     0.5 - 0.5    
Berlin 1934     Berlin West District Championship     7  /  10
Hanover 1935     Berlin - Niedersachsen Team Match    
  John, Wa. - Meynecke     0.5 - 0.5    
Bochum 1935     Berlin - Westfalen Team Match    
  John, Wa. - Seitz, P.A.     0 - 1    
Essen 1935     Berlin - Niederrhein Team Match    
  John, Wa. - Elm, W.     1 - 0    
Hamburg 1935 (1)     Berlin - Nordmark Team Match    
  John, Wa. - Taube, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Aachen 1938     1st Reichschach Tournament     8.5  /  13


Player information updated: 8 Sept. 2024