Widmeyer, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  704  1976 (52) 17
1903  636  2016 (47) 17
1904  644  2036 (46) 13
1905  662  2034 (45) 17
1906  699  2026 (48) 8
1907  712  2025 (47) 14
1908  701  2032 (50) 7
1909  744  2040 (49) 15
1910  720  2045 (53) 0
1911  734  2050 (50) 12
1912  713  2054 (49) 10
1913  754  2031 (49) 17
1914  709  2037 (57) 0
1915  667  2042 (60) 10
1916  664  2038 (69) 0
1917  656  2034 (75) 0
1918  682  2030 (79) 0
1919  693  2026 (82) 0
1920  770  2022 (83) 0
1921  829  2018 (83) 0
1922  860  2014 (81) 0
1923  949  2010 (77) 0
1924  1018  2006 (72) 0
1925  1074  2002 (64) 13
1926  1123  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.]

Tournament data

Excelsior 1902     3rd Western Chess Association Tournament (3rd USA Open)     5.5  /  17
Chicago 1903     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: 7 Nov. 2023