Gledhill, Walter
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1873 |
585 |
1767 | (136) | 3 |
| 1874 |
619 |
1777 | (136) | 0 |
| 1875 |
648 |
1786 | (136) | 0 |
| 1876 |
617 |
1795 | (135) | 0 |
| 1877 |
565 |
1805 | (134) | 0 |
| 1878 |
556 |
1814 | (134) | 0 |
| 1879 |
531 |
1824 | (132) | 0 |
| 1880 |
556 |
1833 | (131) | 0 |
| 1881 |
620 |
1843 | (129) | 0 |
| 1882 |
662 |
1852 | (127) | 0 |
| 1883 |
697 |
1862 | (125) | 0 |
| 1884 |
763 |
1871 | (123) | 2 |
| 1885 |
703 |
1885 | (120) | 0 |
| 1886 |
686 |
1899 | (117) | 0 |
| 1887 |
651 |
1912 | (113) | 0 |
| 1888 |
645 |
1926 | (109) | 0 |
| 1889 |
623 |
1940 | (104) | 0 |
| 1890 |
643 |
1954 | (98) | 0 |
| 1891 |
628 |
1967 | (92) | 8 |
| 1892 |
695 |
1950 | (97) | 0 |
| 1893 |
739 |
1932 | (102) | 1 |
| 1894 |
765 |
1926 | (107) | 0 |
| 1895 |
764 |
1919 | (112) | 0 |
| 1896 |
774 |
1913 | (117) | 1 |
| 1897 |
794 |
1905 | (121) | 0 |
| 1898 |
813 |
1897 | (126) | 0 |
| 1899 |
852 |
1889 | (129) | 0 |
| 1900 |
886 |
1881 | (133) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Gledhill, Walter |
| Born: 13 June 1854 |
| Died: 19 Jan. 1917 |
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| Notes: |
| A 'Gledhill' from Honley, Yorkshire, is mentioned as being present at the annual meeting of the Huddersfield Club in Feb. 1860 (Illustrated London News, 18 Feb. 1860, p.166), but Walter Gledhill would only have been 5 years old then. There was also a 'G.H. Gledhill' of Dewsbury in 1878. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Forster, Amos Burn, page 960 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 141 |
| Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 385 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 129 |
| Periodicals |
| [BCM], vol. 11, no. 9, Sep. 1891, page 405 |
| Web |
| Mann, Steve. [Yorkshire Chess History - Walter Gledhill] |
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Tournament data
| Leeds 1873 |
Leeds Club - Leeds Church Institute Match |
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Gledhill, W. - Stokoe, T.Y. |
0 - 3 |
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| Manchester 1884 |
Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match |
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Gledhill, W. - Hulton, C.G. |
1 - 1 |
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| Oxford 1891 (3) |
Counties Chess Association - Class II, Section I |
6.5 | / | 7 |
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| Oxford 1891 (5) |
Counties Chess Association - Class II, Section play-offs |
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Gledhill, W. - McCarthy, F. |
0 - 1 |
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| Birmingham 1893 |
North and South Match |
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Gledhill, W. - Cope, R. |
0 - 1 |
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| Manchester 1896 |
Cheshire - Yorkshire County Match |
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Gledhill, W. - Kendall, R.R. |
1 - 0 |
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| Manchester 1900 (1) |
Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match |
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Gledhill, W. - England, P.R. |
0 - 1 |
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| Player information updated: 8 Jan. 2024 |
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