Barry, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  66  2397 (73) 1
1893  49  2423 (61) 10
1894  46  2428 (62) 0
1895  44  2433 (59) 1
1896  42  2440 (52) 14
1897  36  2455 (57) 1
1898  27  2467 (59) 2
1899  21  2476 (60) 4
1900  25  2460 (62) 1
1901  39  2434 (63) 1
1902  51  2414 (61) 1
1903  64  2398 (58) 2
1904  79  2379 (53) 15
1905  106  2353 (64) 0
1906  141  2327 (72) 0
1907  184  2301 (76) 1
1908  223  2285 (81) 0
1909  254  2269 (84) 1
1910  276  2251 (88) 1
1911  328  2236 (93) 1
1912  329  2232 (100) 0
1913  346  2227 (105) 0
1914  333  2222 (110) 0
1915  326  2218 (114) 0
1916  334  2213 (118) 0
1917  341  2208 (121) 0
1918  359  2204 (124) 0
1919  367  2199 (127) 0
1920  406  2194 (129) 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    
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: 31 Jan. 2025