Gledhill, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  572  1768 (136) 3
1874  612  1778 (136) 0
1875  641  1787 (136) 0
1876  612  1797 (135) 0
1877  561  1806 (134) 0
1878  551  1816 (134) 0
1879  527  1825 (132) 0
1880  553  1834 (131) 0
1881  616  1844 (129) 0
1882  660  1853 (127) 0
1883  696  1863 (125) 0
1884  762  1872 (123) 2
1885  702  1886 (120) 0
1886  686  1900 (117) 0
1887  651  1914 (113) 0
1888  645  1927 (109) 0
1889  623  1941 (104) 0
1890  640  1955 (98) 0
1891  629  1969 (92) 8
1892  692  1951 (97) 0
1893  739  1933 (102) 1
1894  763  1927 (107) 0
1895  762  1921 (112) 0
1896  774  1914 (117) 1
1897  793  1906 (121) 0
1898  810  1898 (126) 0
1899  850  1890 (129) 0
1900  886  1882 (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