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de Visser, William

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1880  91  2295 (67) 12 1881  85  2323 (64) 10 1882  97  2312 (68) 0 1883  118  2302 (69) 3 1884  126  2306 (72) 0 1885  125  2311 (73) 2 1886  118  2323 (74) 0 1887  109  2335 (72) 2 1888  97  2352 (69) 1 1889  82  2369 (64) 9 1890  85  2362 (67) 0 1891  93  2356 (66) 1 1892  99  2354 (64) 5 1893  90  2359 (63) 2 1894  87  2362 (60) 3 1895  82  2370 (57) 6 1896  68  2384 (57) 1 1897  57  2402 (54) 8 1898  58  2403 (56) 3 1899  47  2421 (57) 8 1900  66  2391 (65) 1 1901  92  2355 (72) 0 1902  126  2319 (77) 0 1903  177  2283 (80) 1 1904  253  2250 (83) 1 1905  288  2230 (87) 1 1906  347  2201 (91) 0 1907  412  2172 (95) 1 1908  479  2141 (99) 0 1909  572  2110 (103) 1 1910  613  2093 (108) 0 1911  682  2076 (112) 0 1912  696  2059 (116) 0 1913  741  2042 (120) 0 1914  736  2024 (123) 0 1915  721  2007 (125) 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
New York 1881	Manhattan Club Championship		8	/	10
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 (5)	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 (6)	Brooklyn Club - Cosmopolitan Club Match
	de Visser, W.M. - Nugent, C.	1 - 0
New York 1898 (7)	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 (4)	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 (1)	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: 13 Jun. 2024