Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2387 (38) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2278 (52) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2283 (66) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2350 (39) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2313 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2486 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2293 (79) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2283 (46) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2227 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2406 (54) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2185 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2338 (42) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2350 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2283 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2347 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2340 (40) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2369 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2303 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2099 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2278 (80) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2380 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2156 (84) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2275 (71) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2279 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2235 (37) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2542 (44) 0.5 /
 
Kemény, Emil    2479 (41) 1 /
Showalter, Jackson    2532 (33) 0 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match
Place: Philadelphia and New York
Start date: 31 May 1897
End date: 31 May 1897
 
Notes:
Seven of the games were adjudicated by Steinitz. The results of the games D.S. Robinson - A.B. Hodges and J. Elson - J.C. Halpern remained controversial.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 294, 374
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 254
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 169, 326
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 128
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 164
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 22, 46, 109
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [The 1897 Franklin - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Team Match]

Tournament information updated: 7 Nov. 2023