| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1831 | 15 | 2290 | (119) | 5 |  
  | 1832 | 15 | 2290 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1833 | 16 | 2289 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1834 | 19 | 2289 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1835 | 19 | 2289 | (120) | 0 |  
  | 1836 | 18 | 2289 | (120) | 3 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Frazer, William |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Name sometimes given as 'Fraser'. Full name given by John Townsend from the record book of the London Club. The Chess Player's Chronicle of 1847 (v.8, p.175) has a Fraser at the annual dinner of the London Chess Club; could this be W. Frazer? |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 225 |  
   | Edinburgh Club, Games of London-Edinburgh Match, page 4 |  
   | Murray, History of Chess, page 879 |  
   | Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 35 |  
   | Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 2, 9, 14, 71 |  
   | Utterberg, De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, page 12 |  
   | Walker, Chess and Chess Players, page 367 |  
   | Walker, A Selection of Games at Chess, page 278 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BLL], 6 Dec. 1835, page 2 |  
   | [BLL], 16 Oct. 1836, page 4 |  
   | [BLL], 9 May 1841, page 3 |  
   | [BLL], 13 Apr. 1845, page 4 |  
   | [BLL], 30 May 1847, page 6 |  
   | [BLL], 5 Mar. 1870, page 7 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 2, no. 21, 19 Mar. 1842, page 329 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 4, no. 3, Mar. 1843, page 77 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1843, page 371 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 8, no. 23, 5 June 1847, page 175 |  
   | [CPC], vol. 11, no. 2, Feb. 1850, page 43 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 26, no. 736, 14 Apr. 1855, page 347 |  
   | [Pal], vol. 1, no. 5, 15 July 1836, page 187 |  
   | [QR], vol. 85, no. 169, 1849, page 92 |  | Web |  
   | Sarah.  [The Cochranes] |  
   | Sericano, C.  [I grandi matches fino al 1849] |  
   | Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863] |  |  |