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

Biographical data
Name: Gledhill, Walter  
Born: 13 June 1854
Died: 19 Jan. 1917
 
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.
 
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]

Tournament data

Leeds 1873     Leeds Club - Leeds Church Institute Match    
  Gledhill, W. - Stokoe, T.Y.     0 - 3    
Manchester 1884     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Gledhill, W. - Hulton, C.G.     1 - 1    
Oxford 1891 (3)     Counties Chess Association - Class II, Section I     6.5  /  7
Oxford 1891 (5)     Counties Chess Association - Class II, Section play-offs    
  Gledhill, W. - McCarthy, F.     0 - 1    
Birmingham 1893     North and South Match    
  Gledhill, W. - Cope, R.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1896     Cheshire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Gledhill, W. - Kendall, R.R.     1 - 0    
Manchester 1900 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Gledhill, W. - England, P.R.     0 - 1    


Player information updated: 8 Jan. 2024