Zirn, Harry




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1898  251  2228 (77) 3
1899  265  2224 (68) 3
1900  241  2237 (61) 4
1901  234  2243 (58) 11
1902  236  2249 (61) 0
1903  236  2256 (61) 0
1904  233  2263 (57) 11
1905  188  2293 (61) 1
1906  155  2317 (62) 4
1907  159  2317 (65) 7
1908  169  2314 (72) 0
1909  190  2311 (77) 1
1910  175  2315 (81) 0
1911  182  2320 (84) 0
1912  167  2324 (86) 0
1913  153  2329 (86) 0
1914  132  2333 (85) 1
1915  133  2332 (86) 4
1916  151  2314 (93) 0
1917  180  2297 (100) 0
1918  206  2280 (105) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Zirn, Harry  
Born: 6 Aug. 1879
Died: 11 July 1953
 
Notes:
Hilbert (in his book on Napier) gives Zirn's birth date as 8-06-1879; Hilbert and Lahde (in their book on Hodges) give 6-08-1879, as does Gaige. Urcan (in his biography of Finn) gives 8-08-1879.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 93
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 479
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables II, page 284
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 250, 303, 308
   Hilbert, Napier, page 190
   Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 40, 119
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 31
Web
   Urcan, Olimpiu G.  [Living the American Dream: Julius Finn], page 4

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Napier, W.E. - Zirn, H. 1904         (f)     1   -   0

Tournament data

New York 1898 (2)     20th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - General Tournament     4  /  4
New York 1899 (2)     New York State Championship     0  /  3
New York 1900 (2)     New York State Championship     2  /  4
New York 1901 (1)     Brooklyn Club Championship     6  /  9
New York 1901 (3)     23rd New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Zirn, H. - Finn, J.     0 - 1    
  Zirn, H. - Phillips, H.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Zirn, H. - Howell, C.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1904 (2)     Brooklyn Club Championship     6.5  /  11
New York and Chicago 1905 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match    
  Zirn, H. - Medinus, C.     1 - 0    
New York 1906 (2)     28th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship     3  /  4
New York 1907     New York State Chess Association Championship    
  Zirn, H. - Finn, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Saint Lawrence River 1907 (2)     20th New York State Chess Association General Tournament     6  /  7
New York 1909 (2)     Brooklyn Club - Rice Club Match    
  Zirn, H. - Tennenwurzel, E.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (7)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Zirn, H. - Hodges, A.B.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (5)     New York State Chess Association Tournament    
  Zirn, H. - Bernstein, J.     1 - 0    
  Zirn, H. - Armstrong, C.E.     1 - 0    
  Zirn, H. - Hodges, A.B.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Zirn, H. - Black, R.T.     0 - 1    
Rye Beach 1918     Rye Beach Tournament     0  /  1


Player information updated: 3 Jun. 2023