Steiner, Herman




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1925  109  2365 (41) 32
1926  87  2392 (35) 39
1927  97  2387 (34) 30
1928  73  2412 (31) 36
1929  73  2414 (32) 37
1930  94  2400 (28) 62
1931  58  2434 (30) 42
1932  59  2430 (35) 32
1933  63  2424 (45) 0
1934  72  2419 (42) 14
1935  80  2409 (43) 18
1936  110  2390 (40) 15
1937  114  2384 (40) 17
1938  112  2392 (40) 15
1939  109  2387 (44) 8
1940  93  2391 (42) 27
1941  76  2402 (44) 13
1942  61  2415 (43) 31
1943  69  2407 (48) 0
1944  73  2400 (43) 21
1945  90  2384 (39) 21
1946  71  2403 (31) 80

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
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 383
   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
Denker, A.S. - Steiner, H. 1946         (f)     6   -   4

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
New York 1926 (1)     Manhattan Club - Franklin Club Match    
  Steiner, H. - Stewart, W.H.     1 - 0    
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 (4)     Manhattan Club Championship     8  /  14
New York 1926 (5)     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 (2)     U.S.A. Championship - Final     14  /  17
San Francisco 1945     13th California Championship     8  /  9
Hollywood 1945     Pan American Tournament     4.5  /  11
Moscow and New York 1945     USSR - USA Radio Match    
  Steiner, H. - Bondarevsky, I.Z.     1.5 - 0.5    
Hastings 1946 (1)     21st Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     7  /  11
London, England 1946 (1)     London International Tournament - Section A     9  /  11
Pittsburgh 1946     47th U.S.A. Open Championship - Final     7.5  /  9
Groningen 1946     Groningen International Tournament     6  /  19
Moscow 1946 (3)     U.S.S.R. - U.S.A. Match    
  Steiner, H. - Flohr, S.M.     0.5 - 1.5    
New York 1946 (4)     6th U.S.A. Championship     11  /  18


Player information updated: 17 Dec. 2024