New York 1857 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2499 (56) 3 /
Stanley, Charles    2376 (53) 2 /
 
Perrin, Frederic    2304 (38) 4 /
Knott, Hubert    2169 (80) 3 /
 
Meek, Alexander    1934 (94) 3 /
Fuller, William    1847 (99) 2 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2805 (34) 3 /
Thompson, James (1)    2298 (52) 0 /
 
Raphael, Benjamin    2173 (58) 3.5 /
Kennicott, Hiram    2059 (93) 2.5 /
 
Marache, Napoleon    2261 (50) 3 /
Fiske, Daniel    2280 (83) 2 /
 
Montgomery, Hardman    2406 (67) 3 /
Allison, William    2097 (139) 1 /
 
Paulsen, Louis    2627 (58) 3 /
Calthrop, Samuel    1828 (158) 0 /
 
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2499 (56) 3 /
Perrin, Frederic    2304 (38) 0 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2805 (34) 3 /
Meek, Alexander    1934 (94) 0 /
 
Raphael, Benjamin    2173 (58) 4 /
Marache, Napoleon    2261 (50) 3 /
 
Paulsen, Louis    2627 (58) 2 /
Montgomery, Hardman    2406 (67) 0 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2805 (34) 3.5 /
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2499 (56) 0.5 /
 
Paulsen, Louis    2627 (58) 3.5 /
Raphael, Benjamin    2173 (58) 0.5 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2805 (34) 6 /
Paulsen, Louis    2627 (58) 2 /
 
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2499 (56) 3 /
Raphael, Benjamin    2173 (58) 0 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 1st American Chess Congress
Place: New York
Start date: 5 Oct. 1857
End date: 10 Nov. 1857
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 23
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 18, 202
   Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page xxxii
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 209, 235, 259
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 2
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 1
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 29
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 58, 329
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 141
Periodicals
   [CMNY], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1857, page 351
   [CMNY], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1857, page 378
   [Era], vol. 20, no. 998, 8 Nov. 1857, page 14
   [FLIN], 24 Oct. 1857
   [FLIN], 31 Oct. 1857
   [FLIN], 14 Nov. 1857
   [ILN], vol. 31, no. 888, 21 Nov. 1857, page 518
   [ILN], vol. 31, no. 891, 5 Dec. 1857, page 571
   [NYC], 17 Oct. 1857
   [NYC], 24 Oct. 1857
   [NYC], 31 Oct. 1857
   [NYC], 7 Nov. 1857
   [NYC], 14 Nov. 1857
   [NYTi], 7 Oct. 1857
   [NYTi], 9 Oct. 1857
   [NYTi], 14 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 7 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 8 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 9 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 10 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 12 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 13 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 14 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 21 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 26 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 28 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 29 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 3 Nov. 1857
   [NYTr], 7 Nov. 1857
Web
   Cree, Graeme.  [1st American Chess Congress] (broken)
   Edge, Frederick Milnes.  [Frederick Edge Meets Paul Morphy - in his own write]
   Morphy, Paul.  [A Letter from Morphy to Maurian, November 16, 1857]
   Sarah.  [American Chess Congress]
   Sericano, C.  [New York, 1857]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Tournament information updated: 23 Aug. 2019