Barry, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  67  2399 (73) 1
1893  47  2425 (61) 10
1894  45  2430 (62) 0
1895  44  2436 (59) 1
1896  42  2443 (52) 14
1897  36  2458 (57) 1
1898  27  2470 (59) 2
1899  20  2478 (60) 4
1900  25  2463 (62) 1
1901  40  2436 (63) 1
1902  50  2416 (61) 1
1903  62  2399 (58) 2
1904  81  2380 (53) 15
1905  107  2354 (64) 0
1906  144  2327 (72) 0
1907  187  2301 (76) 1
1908  226  2285 (81) 0
1909  259  2269 (84) 1
1910  283  2250 (88) 1
1911  337  2235 (93) 1
1912  338  2231 (99) 0
1913  352  2226 (105) 0
1914  341  2221 (110) 0
1915  337  2217 (114) 0
1916  338  2212 (118) 0
1917  343  2207 (121) 0
1918  368  2203 (124) 0
1919  382  2198 (127) 0
1920  421  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: 15 May 2025