Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2386 (38) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2276 (52) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2283 (66) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2349 (39) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2312 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2485 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2293 (79) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2282 (46) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2224 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2402 (54) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2184 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2337 (42) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2350 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2284 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2346 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2339 (40) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2368 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2303 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2099 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2274 (80) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2379 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2156 (84) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2278 (71) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2278 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2234 (37) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2542 (44) 0.5 /
 
Kemény, Emil    2478 (41) 1 /
Showalter, Jackson    2531 (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