Widmeyer, William




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1902  737  1982 (51) 17
1903  671  2022 (46) 17
1904  658  2042 (45) 13
1905  679  2043 (43) 20
1906  722  2030 (47) 8
1907  752  2026 (47) 14
1908  741  2032 (49) 7
1909  779  2038 (48) 15
1910  774  2041 (53) 0
1911  781  2044 (50) 12
1912  768  2046 (49) 10
1913  837  2021 (49) 17
1914  803  2026 (57) 0
1915  745  2031 (59) 10
1916  739  2028 (69) 0
1917  742  2025 (75) 0
1918  756  2021 (79) 0
1919  762  2018 (82) 0
1920  843  2015 (83) 0
1921  922  2011 (82) 0
1922  973  2008 (80) 0
1923  1072  2005 (77) 0
1924  1115  2001 (71) 0
1925  1190  1998 (63) 13
1926  1262  1993 (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