Zimmermann, Otto




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1920  293  2253 (64) 7
1921  213  2293 (59) 0
1922  149  2334 (49) 9
1923  134  2345 (41) 18
1924  130  2348 (38) 22
1925  169  2329 (41) 11
1926  127  2360 (42) 11
1927  122  2366 (41) 15
1928  183  2348 (46) 11
1929  195  2345 (52) 0
1930  202  2342 (51) 0
1931  213  2339 (43) 24
1932  271  2314 (52) 11
1933  261  2315 (66) 0
1934  273  2316 (77) 0
1935  283  2316 (85) 0
1936  270  2317 (92) 0
1937  279  2318 (98) 0
1938  280  2319 (104) 0
1939  270  2319 (108) 0
1940  246  2320 (112) 0
1941  230  2321 (115) 0
1942  208  2321 (118) 0
1943  203  2322 (120) 0
1944  197  2323 (122) 0
1945  208  2323 (124) 0
1946  210  2324 (125) 0
1947  194  2325 (127) 0
1948  167  2325 (127) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Zimmermann, Otto  
Born: 11 Sep. 1892
Died: 24 July 1979
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 274
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 342
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 410
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 485
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 479
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 143, 253
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 306
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Nimzowitsch, A. - Zimmermann, O. 1931         (f)     1.5   -   0.5

Tournament data

Saint Gall 1920     25th Swiss Chess Association Championship     2  /  7
Neuchatel 1922     26th Swiss Chess Association Championship     4.5  /  7
Milan 1922     Italy - Switzerland Match    
  Zimmermann, O. - Monticelli, M.     2 - 0    
Margate 1923 (2)     19th Kent County Chess Association Congress - Section A     5.5  /  7
Bern 1923 (1)     Switzerland - South Germany Match    
  Zimmermann, O. - Maier, G.     1 - 1    
Bern 1923 (2)     27th Swiss Chess Association Championship     5.5  /  9
Paris 1924 (8)     Olympic Tournament - Preliminary Section 5     2.5  /  5
Paris 1924 (14)     Olympic Tournament - Consolation Cup     5  /  8
Interlaken 1924     28th Swiss Chess Association Championship     6  /  9
Zurich 1925     29th Swiss Chess Association Championship     3.5  /  11
Geneva 1926     30th Swiss Chess Association Championship     8  /  11
London, England 1927 (3)     1st Olympiad     9  /  15
Basel 1928     32nd Swiss Chess Association Championship     7  /  11
Winterthur 1931     35th Swiss Championship     4  /  8
Prague 1931 (5)     4th Olympiad     8  /  14
Zurich 1932     Zurich Winter Tournament     6.5  /  11
Schaffhausen 1948     Switzerland - Austria Match    
  Zimmermann, O. - Palme, R.     2 - 0    

Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026