Zirn, Harry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  265  2216 (75) 3
1899  283  2211 (66) 3
1900  261  2223 (59) 5
1901  245  2236 (56) 11
1902  234  2249 (59) 0
1903  219  2262 (58) 0
1904  203  2275 (52) 11
1905  153  2317 (51) 12
1906  129  2334 (56) 4
1907  133  2330 (61) 7
1908  144  2326 (69) 0
1909  161  2323 (74) 1
1910  151  2329 (78) 0
1911  152  2335 (81) 0
1912  138  2341 (82) 0
1913  119  2347 (81) 0
1914  106  2353 (79) 1
1915  94  2355 (78) 5
1916  119  2336 (85) 1
1917  139  2318 (92) 0
1918  170  2299 (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
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 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 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 (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 Dec. 2024