Barry, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  66  2398 (73) 1
1893  50  2424 (61) 10
1894  48  2429 (62) 0
1895  45  2435 (59) 1
1896  42  2442 (52) 14
1897  36  2457 (57) 1
1898  28  2470 (59) 2
1899  22  2479 (60) 4
1900  26  2464 (62) 1
1901  40  2439 (63) 1
1902  50  2419 (61) 1
1903  64  2403 (58) 2
1904  77  2386 (53) 15
1905  98  2363 (63) 0
1906  127  2339 (69) 0
1907  165  2316 (73) 1
1908  198  2304 (77) 0
1909  231  2293 (78) 1
1910  244  2280 (80) 1
1911  263  2272 (82) 1
1912  248  2276 (85) 0
1913  253  2280 (87) 0
1914  231  2285 (87) 7
1915  233  2278 (94) 0
1916  247  2271 (100) 0
1917  251  2264 (106) 0
1918  267  2258 (110) 0
1919  281  2251 (114) 0
1920  308  2244 (117) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Barry, John Finan  
Born: 12 Dec. 1873
Died: 9 Apr. 1940
 
Notes:
Sarah's Chess Journal web site gives death date 9-04-1933. Gaige gives death date 9-04-1940.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 300
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 161, 181
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 25
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 523
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 420, 571
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 199
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 164
   Hilbert, Napier, page 7, 194
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 285
Periodicals
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 1, July 1899, page 19
   [ChR], vol. 8, no. 4, May 1940, page 82
Web
   Sarah.  [Mandarins of the Yellow Buttons]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4563. Cambridge Springs, 1904]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4582. Announcement of mate in 13]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Steinitz, W. - Barry, J.F. 1892         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Pillsbury, H.N. - Barry, J.F. 1893         (f)     5.5   -   4.5
Showalter, J.W. - Barry, J.F. 1896         (f)     9   -   4
Barry, J.F. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1899         (f)     1   -   0
Mieses, J. - Barry, J.F. 1903         (f)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Boston, Massachusetts 1892     Boston Married - Single Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Cummings, P.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (15)     Brooklyn - New York City Club Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Ettlinger, A.K.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1896     1st Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Tinsley, S.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1897     2nd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Lawrence, T.F.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1898     3rd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Caro, H.     1 - 0    
Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago 1898     Boston - Chicago Telegraphic Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Uedemann, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Boston, Massachusetts 1899     Boston - New England Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Young, F.K.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Lawrence, T.F.     1 - 0    
Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago 1899     Boston - Chicago Telegraphic Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Johnston, S.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Atkins, H.E.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Lee, F.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Mason, Ja.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Blackburne, J.H.     1 - 0    
Cambridge Springs 1904     Cambridge Springs Tournament     5  /  15
London, England and New York 1907 (1)     9th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Atkins, H.E.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1909     11th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Lawrence, T.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1910     12th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Atkins, H.E.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1911     13th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Wahltuch, V.L.     0 - 1    
Boston, Massachusetts 1914     New England Championship     6  /  7
New York and Boston, Massachusetts 1920     Manhattan Club - Boston City Club Telegraphic Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Chajes, O.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026