Zirn, Harry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  278  2211 (67) 8
1899  298  2203 (61) 3
1900  283  2215 (56) 5
1901  272  2227 (54) 11
1902  268  2233 (57) 1
1903  234  2254 (57) 0
1904  212  2275 (51) 11
1905  151  2321 (50) 12
1906  123  2341 (55) 4
1907  123  2343 (60) 8
1908  130  2338 (68) 0
1909  149  2333 (73) 1
1910  142  2338 (77) 0
1911  144  2343 (80) 0
1912  129  2348 (81) 0
1913  114  2353 (81) 0
1914  100  2358 (79) 1
1915  92  2359 (78) 5
1916  116  2338 (85) 1
1917  137  2320 (92) 0
1918  162  2302 (99) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Zirn, Harry  
Born: 6 Aug. 1879
Died: 11 July 1953
 
Notes:
Hilbert (in his book on Napier) gives Zirn's birth date as 8-06-1879; Hilbert and Lahde (in their book on Hodges) give 6-08-1879, as does Gaige. Urcan (in his biography of Finn) gives 8-08-1879.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 93
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 479
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables II, page 284
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 250, 303, 308
   Hilbert, Napier, page 190
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 40, 119
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 31
Web
   Urcan, Olimpiu G.  [Living the American Dream: Julius Finn], page 4

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Napier, W.E. - Zirn, H. 1904         (f)     1   -   0

Tournament data

New York 1898 (2)     20th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - General Tournament     4  /  4
Dobbs Ferry 1898     Dobbs Ferry Handicap Tournament     3  /  5
New York 1899 (2)     New York State Championship     0  /  3
New York 1900 (2)     New York State Championship     2  /  4
New York and Chicago 1900     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Zirn, H. - Medinus, C.     0 - 1    
New York 1901 (1)     Brooklyn Club Championship     6  /  9
New York 1901 (3)     23rd New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Zirn, H. - Finn, J.     0 - 1    
  Zirn, H. - Phillips, H.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Zirn, H. - Howell, C.S.     1 - 0    
New York and Boston, Massachusetts 1902     Brooklyn - Boston Telegraphic Match    
  Zirn, H. - Dresel, E.L.     0 - 1    
New York 1904 (2)     Brooklyn Club Championship     6.5  /  11
New York and Chicago 1905 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Zirn, H. - Medinus, C.     1 - 0    
New York 1905 (3)     Brooklyn Club Championship     8  /  12
New York 1906 (2)     28th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship     3  /  4
New York 1907 (2)     New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Zirn, H. - Finn, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Saint Lawrence River 1907 (2)     20th New York State Chess Association General Tournament     6  /  7
New York 1907 (3)     Manhattan Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Zirn, H. - Simonson, G.     1 - 0    
New York 1909 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Zirn, H. - Tennenwurzel, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (10)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Zirn, H. - Hodges, A.B.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Zirn, H. - Michelsen, E.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (8)     New York State Chess Association Tournament    
  Zirn, H. - Bernstein, J.     1 - 0    
  Zirn, H. - Armstrong, C.E.     1 - 0    
  Zirn, H. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Zirn, H. - Black, R.T.     0 - 1    
New York 1916 (5)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Zirn, H. - Rosen, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Rye Beach 1918     Rye Beach Tournament     0  /  1


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025