Zirn, Harry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  255  2220 (77) 3
1899  271  2215 (68) 3
1900  245  2229 (61) 4
1901  242  2235 (58) 11
1902  242  2242 (61) 0
1903  244  2249 (61) 0
1904  238  2257 (57) 11
1905  195  2287 (61) 1
1906  162  2311 (62) 4
1907  163  2311 (65) 7
1908  177  2307 (72) 0
1909  194  2304 (77) 1
1910  185  2308 (81) 0
1911  186  2313 (84) 0
1912  176  2317 (86) 0
1913  162  2321 (86) 0
1914  142  2326 (85) 1
1915  139  2324 (86) 4
1916  158  2307 (93) 0
1917  187  2290 (100) 0
1918  212  2273 (105) 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
New York 1899 (2)     New York State Championship     0  /  3
New York 1900 (2)     New York State Championship     2  /  4
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 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 1906 (2)     28th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship     3  /  4
New York 1907     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 1909 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Zirn, H. - Tennenwurzel, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (9)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Zirn, H. - Hodges, A.B.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (5)     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    
Rye Beach 1918     Rye Beach Tournament     0  /  1


Player information updated: 3 Jun. 2023