Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2133 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2082 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2318 (50) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2319 (71) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2261 (56) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2229 (49) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2257 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1850 (155) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2199 (64) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2196 (85) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2272 (46) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2419 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2367 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2355 (51) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2391 (42) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2199 (87) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2257 (43) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2373 (59) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2272 (41) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2260 (80) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2284 (80) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2223 (58) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2267 (75) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2279 (60) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2288 (47) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2425 (71) 1 /
Baird, David    2260 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2202 (61) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2304 (40) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, J.F.    2097 (60) 0 /
Koch, William    2210 (61) 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