John, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  54  2405 (37) 49
1903  55  2411 (45) 0
1904  56  2417 (41) 12
1905  36  2453 (37) 21
1906  31  2462 (37) 15
1907  25  2486 (34) 28
1908  26  2492 (36) 25
1909  34  2464 (46) 0
1910  49  2435 (44) 17
1911  47  2440 (54) 0
1912  46  2445 (58) 0
1913  42  2449 (57) 0
1914  36  2454 (52) 11
1915  34  2459 (56) 0
1916  33  2464 (55) 0
1917  33  2469 (49) 16
1918  37  2462 (50) 12
1919  39  2448 (51) 0
1920  46  2434 (44) 15
1921  55  2423 (44) 17
1922  77  2392 (54) 4
1923  93  2381 (64) 0
1924  108  2371 (71) 0
1925  119  2360 (75) 0
1926  136  2349 (77) 0
1927  176  2338 (77) 0
1928  210  2327 (75) 0
1929  230  2316 (71) 0
1930  254  2305 (65) 0
1931  309  2294 (55) 0
1932  337  2283 (38) 26
1933  316  2290 (33) 38
1934  296  2299 (35) 31
1935  376  2277 (48) 4
1936  386  2271 (57) 0
1937  404  2266 (61) 0
1938  418  2260 (61) 13

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: John, Walter Hugo Albert  
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, W.H.A. - Marco, G. 1905         (f)     3   -   3
John, W.H.A. - Spielmann, R. 1908         (f)     6   -   4
Mieses, J. - John, W.H.A. 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 (3)     Germany - Sweden Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Nilsson, All.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1922 (4)     Germany - Holland Match    
  John, W.H.A. - te Kolste, J.W.     1 - 1    
Berlin 1932 (5)     Berlin Championship     4  /  11
Berlin and Hamburg 1932     Berlin - Hamburg Telephone Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Taube, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
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, W.H.A. - Gerhardt, W.     0 - 1    
Wiesbaden 1934 (4)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Niederelbien    
  John, W.H.A. - Schneider, H.     1 - 0    
Wiesbaden 1934 (6)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Bayern    
  John, W.H.A. - Michel, P.     1 - 0    
Wiesbaden 1934 (8)     German Team Championship Final, Berlin - Sachsen    
  John, W.H.A. - Beyerlein     0.5 - 0.5    
Berlin 1934     Berlin West District Championship     7  /  10
Hanover 1935     Berlin - Niedersachsen Team Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Meynecke, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bochum 1935     Berlin - Westfalen Team Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Seitz, P.A.     0 - 1    
Essen 1935     Berlin - Niederrhein Team Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Elm, W.     1 - 0    
Hamburg 1935 (1)     Berlin - Nordmark Team Match    
  John, W.H.A. - Taube, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
Aachen 1938     1st Reichschach Tournament     8.5  /  13


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025