Phillips, Harold




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1897  218  2249 (74) 3
1898  200  2269 (66) 11
1899  205  2270 (66) 0
1900  198  2271 (63) 0
1901  203  2272 (57) 3
1902  170  2295 (49) 9
1903  188  2286 (46) 16
1904  228  2272 (54) 1
1905  257  2260 (57) 3
1906  294  2241 (60) 1
1907  323  2234 (59) 2
1908  367  2219 (56) 1
1909  418  2203 (49) 17
1910  450  2186 (57) 0
1911  525  2169 (60) 1
1912  514  2165 (60) 0
1913  531  2161 (56) 12
1914  488  2167 (60) 3
1915  457  2167 (65) 0
1916  460  2167 (67) 0
1917  470  2166 (65) 8
1918  493  2159 (71) 0
1919  525  2152 (75) 1
1920  555  2154 (79) 1
1921  581  2158 (80) 0
1922  586  2163 (80) 1
1923  648  2159 (80) 2
1924  705  2148 (82) 0
1925  771  2138 (82) 1
1926  843  2124 (83) 1
1927  892  2122 (84) 0
1928  925  2119 (84) 1
1929  983  2110 (83) 0
1930  1043  2101 (80) 2
1931  1100  2103 (80) 1
1932  1128  2103 (81) 0
1933  1143  2103 (80) 1
1934  1207  2093 (79) 1
1935  1286  2086 (76) 1
1936  1304  2073 (74) 0
1937  1272  2061 (69) 1
1938  1271  2062 (62) 2
1939  1162  2064 (56) 2
1940  1014  2067 (46) 25
1941  974  2064 (53) 0
1942  903  2061 (52) 10
1943  838  2068 (56) 0
1944  821  2075 (54) 8
1945  862  2059 (53) 9
1946  831  2056 (57) 15

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Phillips, Harold Meyer  
Born: 15 Dec. 1874
Died: 7 Jan. 1967
 
Notes:
Hilbert gives date of death as 6-01-1967; Gaige gives 7-01-1967.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 313
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 334
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 348
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 368
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 355
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 12, 165
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 329
   Hannak, Emanuel Lasker, page 105
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 265
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 260
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 95, 183
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 212, 346
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 203
Web
   Urcan, Olimpiu G.  [Living the American Dream: Julius Finn], page 9
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Mieses, J. - Phillips, H.M. 1903         (f)     1   -   0
Rubinstein, A.K. - Phillips, H.M. 1928         (f)     0.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

New York 1897 (4)     19th New York State Chess Association Meeting - General Tournament     1.5  /  3
New York 1898 (2)     20th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - General Tournament     3.5  /  4
Dobbs Ferry 1898     Dobbs Ferry Handicap Tournament     3  /  5
Philadelphia 1898 (5)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Second Round    
  Phillips, H.M. - Francis, J.S.     0 - 1    
New York 1898 (11)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Third Round    
  Phillips, H.M. - Francis, J.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1898 (12)     Columbia College - University of Pennsylvania Match, Fourth Round    
  Phillips, H.M. - Francis, J.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1901 (3)     23rd New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Phillips, H.M. - Mathews, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Phillips, H.M. - Zirn, H.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Phillips, H.M. - Hodges, A.B.     0 - 1    
New York 1902 (4)     Manhattan Club Championship     6  /  9
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Robinson, D.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1903 (1)     Manhattan Club Rice Gambit Tournament     6.5  /  14
New York 1904 (3)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Shipley, W.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1905 (1)     Manhattan Club - All New Jersey Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Johnson, H. (1)     1 - 0    
New York and Chicago 1905 (1)     Manhattan Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Tracy, H.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1905 (1)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Shipley, W.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York and Berlin 1905     New York - Berlin Cable Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Lasker, B.     0 - 1    
New York 1906 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Hopper, L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1907 (2)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Voigt, H.G.     1 - 0    
New York 1907 (3)     Manhattan Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Coleman, W.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1908 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Shipley, W.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1909 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Heal, E.B.     1 - 0    
New York 1909 (3)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Black, R.T.     1 - 0    
New York 1909 (4)     Rice Club Championship     5.5  /  14
Philadelphia 1909 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Neill, B.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1911 (4)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Neill, B.M.     0 - 1    
New York 1913 (5)     Rice Club Summer Tournament     3  /  12
New York 1914 (1)     Rice Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Kupchik, A.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (10)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Perkins, F.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (11)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Perkins, F.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Albert, H.N.     1 - 0    
New York 1916 (6)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Horner, R.U.     1 - 0    
Rochester, New York 1917     39th New York State Chess Association Congress - Championship     4  /  8
New York and Washington 1919     Manhattan Club - Capital City Club Telegraphic Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Lovell, R.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York and Boston, Massachusetts 1920     Manhattan Club - Boston City Club Telegraphic Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Mitchell, R.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York and Washington 1920     Manhattan Club - Capital City Club Telegraphic Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Pasch, A.A.     1 - 0    
New York and Buenos Aires 1922     New York - Buenos Aires Telegraphic Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Belgrano, L.     1 - 0    
New York 1923 (21)     Manhattan Club - New York University Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Sirota, N.     1 - 0    
New York 1923 (22)     Manhattan Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Simchow, A.     1 - 0    
New York 1923 (26)     Manhattan Club - Chess Club International Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Wilkinson, J.E.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1925     Manhattan - Philadelphia Decoration Day Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Shipley, W.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1926 (1)     Manhattan Club - Franklin Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Goldstein, L.     0 - 1    
New York 1930 (10)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Shaw, M.     1 - 0    
Hamburg 1930 (2)     3rd Olympiad     0.5  /  2
New York 1931 (2)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Morris, H.R.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1933     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Stewart, W.H.     1 - 0    
New York 1934 (1)     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Fischer, A.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1935     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Steckel, W.H.     1 - 0    
New York 1937 (3)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Driver, P.B.     0 - 1    
New York 1938 (2)     Manhattann Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Howard, K.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1938 (8)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - McCormick, E.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1939 (3)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Smirka, R.     0 - 1    
Philadelphia 1939     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - McHale, W.P.     1 - 0    
New York 1939 (14)     Manhattan Club - New Jersey League Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Boczar, A.     1 - 0    
Hamilton, New York 1940     62nd New York State Chess Association Tournament - Championship     2  /  11
New York 1940 (9)     Manhattan Club Championship     6  /  14
New York 1942 (3)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Phillips, H.M. - Hallman, D.A.     0.5 - 0.5    
Cazenovia 1942     New York State Chess Association Championship     2  /  9
New York 1944 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     4  /  8
Saratoga Springs 1945     67th New York State Chess Association Tournament     3  /  9
New York 1946 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     4  /  15

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026