| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1882 | 933 | 1412 | (133) | 8 |  
  | 1883 | 973 | 1417 | (132) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 1099 | 1422 | (130) | 0 |  
  | 1885 | 977 | 1427 | (128) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 981 | 1432 | (125) | 0 |  
  | 1887 | 899 | 1438 | (123) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 907 | 1443 | (119) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 895 | 1448 | (116) | 0 |  
  | 1890 | 949 | 1453 | (112) | 0 |  
  | 1891 | 925 | 1459 | (107) | 0 |  
  | 1892 | 997 | 1464 | (102) | 0 |  
  | 1893 | 1060 | 1469 | (96) | 1 |  
  | 1894 | 1084 | 1475 | (90) | 12 |  
  | 1895 | 1097 | 1471 | (95) | 0 |  
  | 1896 | 1097 | 1466 | (99) | 0 |  
  | 1897 | 1101 | 1461 | (102) | 0 |  
  | 1898 | 1085 | 1457 | (104) | 0 |  
  | 1899 | 1118 | 1452 | (106) | 7 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: van der Meulen, W.H. |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 233 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [TNS], vol. 1, no. 6, 1 June 1893, page 87 |  
   | [TNS], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1895, page 70 |  |  |