Walter John
Walter John (January 1879 – December 1940) was a German chess master.
John was born at Thorn (Toruń), German Empire. He took 2nd, behind Curt von Bardeleben in Café Kerkau, and took 4th (Ossip Bernstein won) at Berlin 1902. He won at Hanover 1902 (13th DSB–Congress, B tournament). In 1904, he tied for 11-12th in Coburg (14th DSB Congress; Bardeleben, Carl Schlechter and Rudolf Swiderski won). In 1905, he tied for 7-10th in Barmen (Dawid Janowski and Géza Maróczy won). In 1907, he tied for 10-11th in Ostend (B tourn; Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1908, he took 4th in Düsseldorf (16th DSB–Congress, Frank Marshall won). In 1910, he took 16th in Hamburg (17th DSB–Congress, Schlechter won). In 1914, he tied for 10-11th in Mannheim (19th DSB–Congress, Alexander Alekhine won).[1]
John drew a match with Jacques Mieses (+1 –1 =3) at Leipzig 1917.[2] He won, jointly with
He took 11th at Bad Aachen 1934 (the 2nd German Chess Championship, Carl Carls won).[4]
In September 1940, he won in
References
- ^ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables
- ^ Frankfurter Stadtmeisterschaft
- ^ Chess In Former German, Now Polish Territories - Fred Van Der Vliet Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ GER-ch 2nd Aachen 1934 Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chess In Former German, Now Polish Territories - Fred Van Der Vliet Archived 2012-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Walter John player profile and games at Chessgames.com