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de Visser, William

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1880  137  2226 (75) 12 1881  148  2231 (77) 0 1882  152  2236 (77) 0 1883  163  2241 (75) 3 1884  167  2256 (76) 0 1885  157  2270 (76) 2 1886  140  2290 (76) 0 1887  136  2310 (74) 2 1888  113  2334 (70) 1 1889  91  2357 (64) 9 1890  90  2353 (67) 0 1891  99  2350 (67) 1 1892  100  2350 (64) 5 1893  91  2359 (63) 2 1894  89  2364 (60) 3 1895  79  2375 (57) 6 1896  70  2392 (57) 1 1897  57  2413 (54) 8 1898  55  2416 (56) 3 1899  41  2437 (58) 8 1900  59  2411 (66) 1 1901  78  2380 (73) 0 1902  106  2349 (78) 0 1903  141  2318 (81) 1 1904  188  2290 (85) 1 1905  219  2275 (90) 1 1906  270  2252 (95) 0 1907  318  2229 (100) 1 1908  373  2204 (105) 0 1909  442  2179 (109) 1 1910  477  2161 (114) 0 1911  544  2142 (118) 0 1912  574  2123 (121) 0 1913  599  2105 (124) 0 1914  593  2086 (127) 0 1915  600  2068 (130) 1 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: de Visser, William M.   Born: 5 Nov. 1855 Died: 4 Dec. 1923   References Books    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 91, 447    Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 118, 154    Harding, Steinitz in London, page 304    Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 74, 323    Hilbert, Napier, page 187    Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 378    Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 116    Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 69 Web    Hilbert, John S.  [Hermann Helms and Correspondence Chess Coverage in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle]

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

Carvajal, V.M. - de Visser, W.M. 1883	(c)	1	-	0
Lasker, Em. - de Visser, W.M. 1892	(f)	2	-	0
Lasker, Em. - de Visser, W.M. 1893	(c)	1.5	-	0.5
Steinitz, W. - de Visser, W.M. 1898	(c)	1	-	0
Janowsky, D.M. - de Visser, W.M. 1899	(f)	0.5	-	0.5

Tournament data

New York 1880 (2)	5th American Chess Congress - Minor Tourney		7.5	/	12
Philadelphia and New York 1883	Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Kaiser, J.A.	1 - 1
New York 1885 (3)	Manhattan Club - New York Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Andres, R.	1 - 0
New York 1885 (4)	Manhattan Club - New York Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Andres, R.	0 - 1
New York 1887 (2)	Manhattan Club - New York Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Ward, J. (1)	1 - 1
New York 1887 (3)	Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Shepard, A.W.	2 - 0
New York 1888 (3)	Manhattan Club - Columbia Club Match (Round 1)
	de Visser, W.M. - Suydam	1 - 0
New York 1888 (4)	Manhattan Club - Columbia Club Match (Round 2)
	de Visser, W.M. - Stern, Max	1 - 0
Skaneateles 1889 (1)	2nd New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - First Class		4.5	/	6
Skaneateles 1889 (7)	2nd New York State Chess Association Midsummer Meeting - Handicap Final		2.5	/	3
New York 1890 (1)	Bachelors - Benedicks Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Westfield, E.	1 - 0
New York 1891 (4)	New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Wheeler, T.K.	1 - 0
New York 1892 (1)	Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Loyd, S.	0 - 1
New York 1892 (2)	Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Loyd, S.	1 - 0
New York and New Orleans 1892	Manhattan - New Orleans telegraph match
	de Visser, W.M. - Claiborne, F.	1 - 0
New York 1894 (2)	16th New York State Championship
	de Visser, W.M. - Halpern, J.C.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1894 (3)	Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Rocamora, S.R.	1 - 0
New York 1894 (4)	Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Rocamora, S.R.	0 - 1
New York 1894 (5)	Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Driscoll, H.F.	1 - 0
Newark 1894	Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Driscoll, H.F.	1 - 0
New York 1895 (2)	Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Baird, D.G.	0.5 - 0.5
Newark 1895 (1)	Brooklyn Club - Newark Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Bernstein, L.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1895 (8)	Brooklyn - Staten Island Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Litzenberger, W.L.	1 - 0
New York 1895 (13)	Brooklyn - Metropolitan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Linzbach, M.	1 - 0
New York 1895 (15)	Brooklyn - New York City Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Ferris, W.J.	1 - 0
Philadelphia and New York 1895	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Young, J.W. (1)	0 - 1
Philadelphia 1896 (2)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Morgan, M.	0.5 - 0.5
Philadelphia and New York 1897	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Kaiser, J.A.	1 - 0
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (3)	Pennsylvania State Chess Association - New York State Chess Association Match		4.5	/	7
New York 1898 (5)	Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Nugent, C.	1 - 0
New York 1898 (6)	Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Nugent, C.	0 - 1
New York 1899 (2)	New York State Championship		3.5	/	4
	de Visser, W.M. - Lipschutz, S.	1.5 - 0.5
Philadelphia 1899 (3)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Shipley, W.P.	0 - 1
New York 1900 (4)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Shipley, W.P.	1 - 0
Philadelphia 1901 (3)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Doerr, F.W.	1 - 0
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Robinson, A.K.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1904 (3)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Young, J.W. (1)	0 - 1
New York 1905	Manhattan Club - All New Jersey Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Vorrath, G.	1 - 0
Philadelphia 1905 (1)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Young, J.W. (1)	1 - 0
Philadelphia 1907 (2)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Hopper, L.	1 - 0
New York 1909 (3)	Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Menkes, H.	0 - 1
Philadelphia 1915	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Driver, P.B.	0 - 1

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2022