Common, Walter




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  355  1982 (131) 3
1874  364  1991 (126) 0
1875  369  2000 (121) 0
1876  356  2009 (114) 2
1877  344  2007 (111) 1
1878  339  2010 (110) 0
1879  340  2013 (108) 0
1880  361  2016 (106) 0
1881  397  2019 (103) 0
1882  398  2022 (99) 2
1883  470  2010 (100) 2
1884  504  2011 (105) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Common, Walter  
Born: 1818
Died: 1897
 
Notes:
There was a 'W. Common' active in Yorkshire chess in the 1840s and 1850s, who Steve Mann tentatively identifies as Walter Common, the father of Arthur Welsh Common. Walter Common died in 1897, so could have been the 'W. Common' who played in the Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match of 1883. Steve Mann gives year of birth of Walter Common as 1817-1818.
 
References
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1883, page 68
   [CPC], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1845, page 177
   [CPC], vol. 13, no. 7, July 1852, page 222
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1854, page 61
   [Era], vol. 14, no. 715, 6 June 1852, page 6
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 6, 15 June 1845, page 280
   [WP], vol. 9, no. 2, 1 June 1876, page 26
Web
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1852: Staunton in Halifax]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - 1873: Bradford v Halifax]
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Walter Common and Arthur Welsh Common]

Tournament data

Bradford 1873 (1)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Muller, H. (1)     2 - 1    
Halifax 1876 (1)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Mills, D. (1)     2 - 0    
Halifax 1877     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Menssing, G.A.     0 - 1    
Leeds 1882 (3)     Leeds - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Stokoe, T.Y.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leeds 1883 (1)     Lancashire - Yorkshire County Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Edgar, J.S.     0 - 2    
Bradford 1884 (4)     Bradford - Halifax Club Match    
  Common, W. (2) - Mallett, G.E.     2 - 0    


Player information updated: 5 Jan. 2023