Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2135 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2082 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2314 (50) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2318 (71) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2271 (55) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2226 (49) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2244 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1858 (156) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2248 (60) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2202 (85) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2275 (45) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2417 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2365 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2344 (51) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2389 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2190 (86) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2255 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2369 (59) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2275 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2258 (79) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2280 (80) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2224 (58) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2263 (75) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2273 (60) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2286 (46) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2418 (71) 1 /
Baird, David    2264 (50) 0 /
 
Young, John    2188 (60) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2292 (39) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, J.F.    2089 (60) 0 /
Koch, William    2215 (58) 1 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
Place: Philadelphia or New York (?)
Start date: 30 May 1903
End date: 30 May 1903
 
Notes:
Urcan cites the New York Times of 31 May 1903, but his list of results differs from the result as given there in several ways. Many of the names of players in the New York Times report are badly garbled, but it is evident that where Urcan has a draw Roething - Voigt (which would be a second game for both of those players) and a win by Delmar over Elson (which would again be a second game for both players), the New York Times has a draw between Pulvermacher and Stadelman, and a win by Raubitschek over McGee. The report in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 1 Jun. 1903 does not give complete results, but is mostly consistent with the New York Times, except that it mentions a win by 'Varrath' [sic, Vorrath] of Manhattan, in place of Hanham. I take the New York Times report to be correct, apart from the awful spellings of names. I am guessing that the player named 'Smythe' here was J.H. Smythe, but there was also an F. Smyth in Philadelphia, and it might have been him.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 487
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 92
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 63, no. 151, 1 June 1903, page 7
   [NYTi], vol. 52, no. 16661, 31 May 1903, page 14

Tournament information updated: 1 Sept. 2022