Elison, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1914  557  2135 (74) 8
1915  502  2150 (76) 0
1916  466  2164 (75) 0
1917  431  2179 (73) 0
1918  403  2194 (68) 0
1919  361  2208 (61) 0
1920  349  2223 (49) 11
1921  454  2199 (43) 21
1922  499  2188 (47) 12
1923  534  2190 (56) 0
1924  545  2192 (60) 0
1925  561  2195 (59) 0
1926  576  2197 (54) 9
1927  550  2211 (52) 9
1928  529  2223 (50) 8
1929  573  2211 (51) 8
1930  566  2216 (52) 6
1931  668  2202 (53) 0
1932  729  2187 (47) 18
1933  717  2195 (53) 0
1934  694  2203 (51) 8
1935  669  2211 (51) 18
1936  636  2218 (62) 0
1937  594  2224 (69) 0
1938  563  2230 (72) 0
1939  491  2237 (73) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Elison, Charles F.  
   Also known as: Karl Elison
Born: 24 Feb. 1888
Died: 2 Aug. 1939
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 304
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 322
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 381
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 235
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 106
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 352, 441, 466
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 66
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 349
Periodicals
   [MNN], vol. 65, no. 354, 14 July 1912, page 13

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Shories, G.F.W. - Elison, C.F. 1922         (f)     4   -   1

Tournament data

Mannheim 1914 (3)     19th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B1     4  /  9
Berlin 1920 (6)     20th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier 3     8.5  /  11
Hamburg 1921 (2)     21st German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A     4  /  11
Regensburg 1921     6th Bavarian Chess Federation Tournament     4  /  10
Bad Oeynhausen 1922 (4)     22nd German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B     4  /  7
Chicago 1926 (1)     27th Western Chess Association Meeting - Championship Preliminary A     6  /  10
Kalamazoo 1927 (2)     28th Western Chess Association Tournament     7.5  /  9
Chicago 1928     Chicago City Championship     4.5  /  8
Chicago 1929     Chicago Championship     5  /  9
Chicago 1930 (2)     Chicago City Championship     4  /  6
Chicago 1932     Chicago Championship     3.5  /  7
Minneapolis 1932     33rd Western Chess Association Championship     3  /  11
Chicago 1934 (9)     Chicago Championship     4.5  /  8
Milwaukee 1935 (3)     36th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary C     5.5  /  9
Milwaukee 1935 (5)     36th American Chess Federation Congress - Consolation Tournament     6.5  /  9
Chicago 1939     Chicago Championship     8  /  10


Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026