Walter John
Number of games in database: 140
Years covered: 1902 to 1934
Overall record: +48 -52 =40 (48.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (23)      C68 C67 C69 C66 C64  Queen's Pawn Game (17)      D02 D05 D04 A45  Ruy Lopez Exchange (13)      C68 C69  French Defense (6)      C10 C01 C12 C14  Sicilian (4)      B40 B32 B23	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (27)      C12 C01 C11 C05 C00  French (15)      C12 C11 C00 C10  Philidor's Defense (7)      C41  Queen's Gambit Declined (7)      D31 D37  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      D02 D00 D04  Orthodox Defense (4)      D55 D53

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W John vs Janowski, 1914 1-0
   Spielmann vs W John, 1908 0-1
   W John vs Tarrasch, 1914 1-0
   W John vs Nimzowitsch, 1907 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Coburg (Meisterturnier) (1904)
   Barmen Meisterturnier A (1905)
   16th DSB Kongress, Duesseldorf (1908)
   Hamburg (1910)
   Mannheim (1914)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Düsseldorf 1908 - DSB Kongress XVI by Calli

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WALTER JOHN (born 1879, died 1940) Poland (citizen of Germany) [what is this?] Walter John was born in Thorn (Toruń), Poland. He moved to Berlin where he died in 1940. He was a pharmacist by profession. He was the runner-up in the 1902 tournament (Café Kerkau) right behind Curt von Bardeleben. Walter John won the the Main tournament of the 13th German Chess Congress in Hannover. He drew a match with Jacques Mieses in Leipzig, 1917, with +1 =3 -1.

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 140  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Bleijkmans vs W John   1-0 41 1902 DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A D00 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Von Gottschall vs W John   ½-½ 47 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) B24 Sicilian, Closed 3. Mieses vs W John   ½-½ 73 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) B23 Sicilian, Closed 4. W John vs H Suechting 0-1 23 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) C67 Ruy Lopez 5. W John vs H Caro 1-0 47 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 6. W John vs E Dyckhoff 0-1 10 1904 ? C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 7. J N Berger vs W John   1-0 52 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) D00 Queen's Pawn Game 8. W John vs Schlechter   ½-½ 35 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Von Bardeleben vs W John   1-0 54 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. L Forgacs vs W John   ½-½ 23 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) C55 Two Knights Defense 11. W John vs G Marco 0-1 29 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. W John vs O Bernstein   0-1 33 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 13. W John vs Swiderski   1-0 37 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 14. H Wolf vs W John 1-0 33 1904 Coburg (Meisterturnier) C41 Philidor Defense 15. W John vs H Wolf   1-0 49 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C60 Ruy Lopez 16. W John vs Chigorin   ½-½ 65 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 17. W John vs Mieses   1-0 57 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A B01 Scandinavian 18. Schlechter vs W John 1-0 50 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Alapin vs W John   0-1 63 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 20. Janowski vs W John 1-0 28 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. W John vs J N Berger ½-½ 37 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 22. W John vs Burn   0-1 37 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 23. W John vs Leonhardt   0-1 52 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C67 Ruy Lopez 24. Maroczy vs W John 0-1 43 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. W John vs Marshall   0-1 45 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier A C01 French, Exchange  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 140

Apr-19-04    Honza Cervenka: Chessgames.com, John is the surname of this player. Apr-19-04    chessgames.com: Thanks. We found some other games of his hiding under different player folders. I see he's a strong player, he beat and drew some of the best. Apr-20-04    Honza Cervenka: See also http://www.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL17... Jan-12-06    cu8sfan: At the time when this player was active, the real hero was Walter Johnson! http://www.baseball-reference.com/j... Jan-12-06    Castle In The Sky: (cu8sfan) The unsung pitching phenom of the long defunct, from a perspective of baseball and politics, Senators. May-04-08    Chessical: John was an amateur player, but of master strength. He played sporadically over time e.g. 1904-10, 1914, 1917-1920, 1932-1934, 1938, 1940. He drew a match with Marco in 1905, beat Speilmann in a match in Munich in 1908 Munich +5 -3 =0, and lost to Reti in Breslau in 1914. Jul-31-10    Dredge Rivers: Not to be confused with John Walter! Jul-31-10    BobCrisp: Nor with Prester John: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preste... Aug-08-10    Dredge Rivers: Goodnight Walter Johnboy! Aug-08-10    whiteshark: In September 1940, he won in Danzig. In December 1940, he died in Berlin. Bio/Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter... Jul-15-12    Karpova: Walter John moved from Barmen to Aschersleben in 1908. Page 56 of the 1908 '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung'

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