Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1837 |
14 |
2384 | (134) | 3 |
| 1838 |
14 |
2384 | (133) | 0 |
| 1839 |
17 |
2384 | (132) | 0 |
| 1840 |
16 |
2385 | (131) | 0 |
| 1841 |
17 |
2385 | (129) | 0 |
| 1842 |
22 |
2385 | (128) | 0 |
| 1843 |
24 |
2385 | (126) | 0 |
| 1844 |
24 |
2386 | (123) | 0 |
| 1845 |
27 |
2386 | (120) | 0 |
| 1846 |
28 |
2386 | (117) | 0 |
| 1847 |
29 |
2386 | (113) | 7 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Vethake, William Henry |
| Also known as: Professor Henry Vethake |
| Born: 26 May 1791 |
| Died: 16 Dec. 1866 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives birth year 1792. The Penn Biographies web site gives birth year 1790. The Encyclopedia Dickinsonia gives birth date 26-05-1791. Allen (in Fiske) says he started his chess career at age 9 and 'during his boyhood he played frequently in New York society as a Chess prodigy'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 59, 70, 352 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 445 |
| Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 54 |
| Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 23 |
| Periodicals |
| [ILN], vol. 31, 5 Sep. 1857, page 250 |
| [ILN], vol. 31, 21 Nov. 1857, page 518 |
| [NYC], 2 Feb. 1867 |
| [TFF], 5 Jan. 1867 |
| Web |
| [Henry Vethake] |
| [Penn Biographies: Henry Vethake] |
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