Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2137 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2080 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2312 (49) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2316 (70) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2275 (55) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2249 (48) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2249 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1863 (156) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2253 (60) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2210 (81) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2275 (45) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2414 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2367 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2340 (50) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2393 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2175 (83) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2255 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2332 (56) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2276 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2276 (76) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2268 (77) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2226 (57) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2265 (74) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2277 (59) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2281 (46) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2417 (70) 1 /
Baird, David    2262 (50) 0 /
 
Young, John    2171 (59) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2294 (39) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, John    2090 (60) 0 /
Koch, Walter    2193 (62) 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: 17 Jul. 2025