Steiner, Herman




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1925  110  2363 (41) 32
1926  86  2389 (35) 38
1927  95  2386 (34) 30
1928  71  2411 (31) 36
1929  73  2415 (32) 37
1930  92  2400 (28) 62
1931  57  2435 (30) 42
1932  58  2430 (35) 32
1933  63  2425 (45) 0
1934  71  2420 (42) 14
1935  77  2411 (43) 18
1936  103  2394 (41) 15
1937  111  2387 (41) 17
1938  103  2395 (41) 15
1939  95  2393 (45) 8
1940  70  2399 (43) 27
1941  56  2414 (46) 13
1942  41  2430 (46) 31
1943  35  2426 (55) 0
1944  38  2422 (57) 21

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Steiner, Herman  
Born: 15 Apr. 1905
Died: 25 Nov. 1955
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 338
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 404
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 374
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 360
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 406
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 35, 367
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 228, 230, 347, 359
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 260
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 355, 390
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Steiner, H. - Colle, E. 1928         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Samuels, L.W. - Steiner, H. 1931         (f)     2   -   0
Fine, R. - Steiner, H. 1932         (f)     5.5   -   4.5
Dake, A.W. - Steiner, H. 1935         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Steiner, H. - Woliston, P. 1940         (f)     5   -   2
Fine, R. - Steiner, H. 1944         (f)     3.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Cedar Point 1925     26th Western Chess Association Tournament     8  /  13
New York 1925 (2)     Dimock Theme Tournament     1.5  /  7
New York 1925 (3)     Hallgarten Tournament - Final     9  /  12
Chicago 1926 (1)     27th Western Chess Association Meeting - Championship Preliminary A     8.5  /  9
Chicago 1926 (4)     27th Western Chess Association Meeting - Championship Final     4.5  /  6
New York 1926 (3)     Manhattan Club Championship     8  /  14
New York 1926 (4)     Rice Progressive Club Championship     5.5  /  9
New York 1927 (3)     Manhattan Club Championship     7.5  /  14
Rome, New York 1927     New York State Chess Association Congress - Championship     5  /  8
Kalamazoo 1927 (1)     1st National Chess Federation Congress     5  /  8
New York 1928 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     3.5  /  8
The Hague 1928 (2)     2nd Olympiad     10.5  /  16
Wiesbaden 1928     Wiesbaden Chess Festival - Premier Section    
  Steiner, H. - Richter, K. (2)     0 - 1    
Budapest 1928 (2)     Budapest Tournament     4  /  9
Hastings 1929 (2)     9th Hastings Christmans Congress - Premier Reserves     8  /  9
Bradley Beach 1929     Bradley Beach Tournament     2.5  /  9
Buffalo 1929     51st New York State Chess Association Championship     7  /  8
  Steiner, H. - Bernstein, J.     2 - 0    
Saint Louis 1929     30th Western Chess Association Tournament     6.5  /  9
New York 1930 (7)     Manhattan Club Championship     4  /  10
Hamburg 1930 (2)     3rd Olympiad     8  /  15
Berlin 1930 (4)     Berlin Quadrangular Tournament     2  /  6
Stubnanske Teplice 1930     Stubnanske Teplice Tournament     7  /  12
Liptovsky Svaty Jan 1930     Liptovsky Svaty Jan Tournament     7  /  10
Gyor 1930     Gyor Tournament     5.5  /  9
Berlin 1931 (2)     Berlin International Tournament     3.5  /  5
New York 1931 (4)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Steiner, H. - Fine, R.     0 - 1    
New York 1931 (6)     New York International Tournament     5.5  /  11
Prague 1931 (5)     4th Olympiad     8.5  /  12
Brno 1931 (3)     10th Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia - Championship     8  /  11
Minneapolis 1932     33rd Western Chess Association Championship     7.5  /  11
Pasadena 1932 (1)     Pasadena International Tournament     6  /  11
Syracuse 1934 (1)     Syracuse International Tournament     8  /  14
Mexico City 1935     Mexico City Tournament     11  /  12
New York 1936 (9)     U.S. Championship - Final     6  /  15
Chicago 1937 (1)     38th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary Section 1     5  /  7
Chicago 1937 (6)     38th American Chess Federation Congress - Championship     6.5  /  10
Lodz 1938     Lodz Tournament     7.5  /  15
California 1939     California Championship     6  /  8
Dallas 1940 (3)     41st U.S. Open - Preliminary Section 3     7  /  8
Dallas 1940 (4)     41st U.S. Open - Final     5  /  8
Hollywood 1940     Hollywood Master Tournament     2.5  /  4
Saint Louis 1941 (2)     42nd U.S.A. Open Championship - Preliminary Section 2     4  /  4
Saint Louis 1941 (4)     42nd U.S.A. Open Championship - Final     6.5  /  9
New York 1942 (4)     4th USA Chammpionship - Final     9  /  14
Dallas 1942     43rd USA Open Championship     16  /  17
New York 1944 (1)     U.S.A. Championship - Final     14  /  17

Player information updated: 6 Oct. 2024