Widmeyer, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  746  1986 (51) 17
1903  678  2025 (46) 17
1904  668  2046 (45) 13
1905  687  2047 (43) 20
1906  727  2033 (47) 8
1907  761  2029 (47) 14
1908  756  2035 (49) 7
1909  797  2041 (48) 15
1910  789  2044 (53) 0
1911  792  2047 (50) 12
1912  779  2049 (49) 10
1913  856  2024 (49) 17
1914  816  2029 (57) 0
1915  751  2034 (59) 10
1916  753  2031 (69) 0
1917  754  2027 (75) 0
1918  763  2024 (79) 0
1919  772  2021 (82) 0
1920  857  2018 (83) 0
1921  939  2015 (82) 0
1922  992  2012 (80) 0
1923  1096  2009 (77) 0
1924  1130  2006 (71) 0
1925  1213  2003 (63) 13
1926  1284  1997 (66) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Widmeyer, William  
Born:
Died:
 
Notes:
Checkmate (1903, p.277) has 'W.W. Widmeyer'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 320
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 341
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 285
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 451
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 297
Periodicals
   [ChM], 1903, page 277
   [SLGD], 1 Sep. 1912, page 40
Web
   [Memphis Chess History - Chess War 1914]
   [US Open 1926, Chicago = 27th Western Champ.]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Widmeyer, W. - Friedlander, J. 1905         (f)     2   -   1

Tournament data

Excelsior 1902     3rd Western Chess Association Tournament (3rd USA Open)     5.5  /  17
Chicago 1903 (2)     4th Western Chess Association Tournament     6.5  /  17
Saint Louis 1904 (1)     7th American Chess Congress - Minor Tournament     6  /  13
Excelsior 1905     6th Western Chess Association Tournament (6th USA Open)     7  /  17
Chicago 1906 (2)     7th Western Chess Association Tournament - Section 1     2  /  8
Excelsior 1907     8th Western Chess Association Tournament (8th USA Open)     4.5  /  14
Excelsior 1908 (1)     9th Western Chess Association Tournament - Preliminary Section A     2  /  5
Excelsior 1908 (3)     9th Western Chess Association Tournament - Minor Tournament     3.5  /  4
Excelsior 1909     10th Western Chess Association Tournament     5.5  /  15
Excelsior 1911     12th Western Chess Association Tournament     5.5  /  13
Excelsior 1912     13th Western Chess Association Tournament     5.5  /  10
Chicago 1913     14th Western Chess Association Tournament     5  /  17
Excelsior 1915     16th Western Chess Association Tournament     4  /  10
Cedar Point 1925     26th Western Chess Association Tournament     5  /  13
Chicago 1926 (2)     27th Western Chess Association Meeting - Championship Preliminary B     4  /  10

Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024