Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2433 (41) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2294 (57) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2291 (66) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2379 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2323 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2494 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2300 (79) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2257 (50) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2231 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2412 (54) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2191 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2329 (43) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2359 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2292 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2356 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2370 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2377 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2311 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2105 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2278 (80) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2389 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2162 (84) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2284 (71) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2284 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2243 (38) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2549 (44) 0.5 /
 
Kemény, Emil    2484 (42) 1 /
Showalter, Jackson    2536 (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, 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: 2 Oct. 2022