Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2388 (38) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2281 (52) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2288 (66) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2361 (38) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2314 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2488 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2295 (79) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2286 (46) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2228 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2404 (54) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2186 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2340 (42) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2351 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2285 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2348 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2343 (39) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2370 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2305 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2101 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2280 (80) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2382 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2157 (84) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2270 (71) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2275 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2236 (37) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2543 (44) 0.5 /
 
Kemény, Emil    2481 (41) 1 /
Showalter, Jackson    2533 (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