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{{Short description|German chess player}}
''' Walter John ''' (January 1879 &ndash; 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 (chess player)|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).<ref>[http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

John drew a match with [[Jacques Mieses]] (+1 –1 =3) at [[Leipzig]] 1917.<ref>[http://www.hessischer-schachverband.de/bezirk-5-frankfurt/19041905/fsm/fsm_bericht.htm Frankfurter Stadtmeisterschaft<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
He won, jointly with [[Paul Johner]], at Berlin 1917, won at [[Breslau]] 1918,<ref>[http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet.htm Chess In Former German, Now Polish Territories - Fred Van Der Vliet<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516195332/http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet.htm |date=2008-05-16 }}</ref> took 5th at [[Gothenburg]] 1920 (B tournament won by P. Johner), won at Berlin 1921, and took 4th at [[Hamburg]] 1921 (21st DSB–Congress, [[Ehrhardt Post]] won).

He took 11th at [[Aachen|Bad Aachen]] 1934 (the 2nd [[German Chess Championship]], [[Carl Carls]] won).<ref>[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables5.htm GER-ch 2nd Aachen 1934<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215163822/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables5.htm |date=2010-12-15 }}</ref>

In September 1940, he won in [[Danzig]] (Gdańsk).<ref>[http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet2.htm Chess In Former German, Now Polish Territories - Fred Van Der Vliet<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108163521/http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet2.htm |date=2012-01-08 }}</ref> In December 1940, he died in Berlin.

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1879 births]]
[[Category:1940 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Toruń]]
[[Category:People from West Prussia]]
[[Category:Polish chess players]]
[[Category:German chess players]]


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