Widmeyer, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  752  1981 (51) 17
1903  690  2021 (46) 17
1904  678  2042 (45) 13
1905  696  2043 (43) 20
1906  736  2030 (47) 8
1907  764  2027 (47) 14
1908  762  2033 (49) 7
1909  805  2040 (48) 15
1910  790  2043 (53) 0
1911  792  2046 (50) 12
1912  781  2048 (49) 10
1913  858  2023 (49) 17
1914  824  2028 (57) 0
1915  753  2033 (59) 10
1916  754  2030 (69) 0
1917  755  2027 (75) 0
1918  767  2024 (79) 0
1919  774  2021 (82) 0
1920  859  2018 (83) 0
1921  943  2015 (82) 0
1922  995  2012 (80) 0
1923  1099  2009 (77) 0
1924  1133  2006 (71) 0
1925  1217  2002 (63) 13
1926  1290  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