Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2383 (38) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2280 (52) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2286 (65) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2353 (38) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2310 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2484 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2296 (78) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2282 (46) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2222 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2403 (53) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2180 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2338 (42) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2346 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2283 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2343 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2340 (39) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2363 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2302 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2095 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2262 (79) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2377 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2159 (82) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2264 (70) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2272 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2230 (37) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2539 (44) 0.5 /
 
Kemény, Emil    2476 (41) 1 /
Showalter, Jackson    2529 (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