Elison, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1914  565  2136 (74) 8
1915  505  2151 (76) 0
1916  471  2165 (75) 0
1917  433  2180 (73) 0
1918  406  2194 (68) 0
1919  364  2209 (61) 0
1920  352  2224 (49) 11
1921  453  2199 (43) 21
1922  505  2188 (47) 12
1923  539  2190 (56) 0
1924  552  2192 (60) 0
1925  568  2194 (59) 0
1926  582  2196 (54) 9
1927  554  2210 (52) 9
1928  537  2222 (50) 8
1929  589  2210 (51) 8
1930  578  2214 (52) 6
1931  691  2200 (53) 0
1932  751  2185 (47) 18
1933  736  2193 (53) 0
1934  714  2201 (51) 8
1935  694  2209 (51) 18
1936  647  2216 (62) 0
1937  614  2222 (68) 0
1938  576  2228 (72) 0
1939  507  2235 (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