The chess games of William DeVisser

Most played openings

C45		Scotch Game (6 games)
B45		Sicilian, Taimanov (4 games)
C25		Vienna (4 games)
B00		Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (3 games)
B32		Sicilian (2 games)
C44		King's Pawn Game (2 games)
C53		Giuoco Piano (2 games)
C00		French Defense (2 games)

WILLIAM DEVISSER
(born Nov-05-1855, died Dec-04-1923, 68 years old) United States of America

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William Moralis DeVisser, born New Orleans, LA USA; died Brentwood, NY, USA.

He was a charter member of the Manhattan Chess Club, a contestant in the minor tournament of the Fifth American Chess Congress, and played in several of the handicap tournaments of the Manhattan Chess Club, in one of which he won first prize. In 1889, in the midsummer meeting of the New York State Association, he tied for first prize with Henry H Schieffelin. He won first prize in the continuous tournament of the Brooklyn Chess Club in 1891.(1) He was also a noted problem composer and president of the Metropolitan Chess League.(1)(2)(3) In 1899, he won the New York State Chess Championship.

Sources
(1) Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union, 1892.04.16, p8
(2) Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Four O'Clock Edition, 1923.12.05, p2
(3) Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Afternoon Edition, 1923.12.05, Section 1, p3

Reference
https://books.google.com/books?id=V...

Last updated: 2025-05-21 17:30:05

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. C Golmayo vs W DeVisser	0-1	32	1880	New York game	C45 Scotch Game
2. W DeVisser vs D G Baird	1-0	57	1880	USA-05.Congress-B	C59 Two Knights
3. W DeVisser vs H Thompson	½-½	47	1880	USA-05.Congress-B	C53 Giuoco Piano
4. W DeVisser vs A Grutter	1-0	42	1881	Manhattan CC Championship 1881	C45 Scotch Game
5. W DeVisser vs F Teed	0-1	38	1881	Manhattan CC Handicap 1881/82	C42 Petrov Defense
6. C Golmayo vs W DeVisser	0-1	32	1883	New York game	C45 Scotch Game
7. W DeVisser vs F Storck	1-0	31	1888	Manhattan CC Championship 1888	C45 Scotch Game
8. W DeVisser vs J Congdon	1-0	29	1889	New York State CA Handicap 1st Class	C00 French Defense
9. W DeVisser vs J H Park	1-0	24	1891	de Visser Simul 12b, Brooklyn	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
10. W DeVisser vs A W Shephard	1-0	36	1891	de Visser Simul 12b, Brooklyn	C25 Vienna
11. W DeVisser vs L Broughton	1-0	37	1891	de Visser Simul 12b, Brooklyn	C45 Scotch Game
12. W DeVisser vs F Rose	1-0	40	1891	de Visser Simul 12b, Brooklyn	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
13. W DeVisser vs C T Thompson	0-1	23	1891	de Visser Simul 12b, Brooklyn	C25 Vienna
14. W DeVisser vs E N Olly	1-0	32	1891	de Visser Simul 12b, Brooklyn	C25 Vienna
15. Steinitz vs W DeVisser	1-0	31	1892	Steinitz Blind Simul 3b, Brooklyn	B01 Scandinavian
16. W DeVisser vs Lasker	0-1	38	1892	Exhibition game	B32 Sicilian
17. Lasker vs W DeVisser	1-0	22	1892	Exhibition game	C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
18. W DeVisser vs J D Elwell	0-1	42	1893	de Visser Simul 12b, Brooklyn	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
19. A Schottlaender vs W DeVisser	0-1	23	1893	Schottländer Simul 14b	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
20. W DeVisser vs Lasker	0-1	29	1893	Exhibition game on a three-masted schooner	C44 King's Pawn Game
21. Lasker vs W DeVisser	½-½	30	1893	Simul, 15b	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
22. W DeVisser vs S R Rocamora	0-1	26	1894	New York City CC-Brooklyn CC	C45 Scotch Game
23. W DeVisser vs Taubenhaus	1-0	28	1894	Offhand Game	C25 Vienna
24. Lasker vs W DeVisser	1-0	41	1894	Simul, 18b	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
25. W DeVisser vs J Congdon	1-0	29	1895	Casual game	C00 French Defense


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