Widmeyer, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  740  1981 (51) 17
1903  672  2021 (46) 17
1904  661  2042 (45) 13
1905  682  2043 (43) 20
1906  721  2029 (47) 8
1907  754  2025 (47) 14
1908  745  2031 (49) 7
1909  781  2038 (48) 15
1910  778  2041 (53) 0
1911  781  2043 (50) 12
1912  770  2045 (49) 10
1913  838  2020 (49) 17
1914  807  2025 (57) 0
1915  747  2030 (59) 10
1916  742  2027 (69) 0
1917  747  2024 (75) 0
1918  759  2020 (79) 0
1919  763  2017 (82) 0
1920  845  2014 (83) 0
1921  926  2010 (82) 0
1922  978  2007 (80) 0
1923  1081  2004 (77) 0
1924  1117  2000 (71) 0
1925  1194  1997 (63) 13
1926  1264  1992 (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 (1)     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