New York 1857 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2498 (56) 3 /
Stanley, Charles    2375 (53) 2 /
 
Perrin, Frederic    2302 (38) 4 /
Knott, Hubert    2168 (80) 3 /
 
Meek, Alexander    1932 (94) 3 /
Fuller, William    1846 (99) 2 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2803 (34) 3 /
Thompson, James (1)    2298 (52) 0 /
 
Raphael, Benjamin    2171 (58) 3.5 /
Kennicott, Hiram    2056 (93) 2.5 /
 
Marache, Napoleon    2260 (50) 3 /
Fiske, Daniel    2279 (83) 2 /
 
Montgomery, Hardman    2404 (67) 3 /
Allison, William    2096 (139) 1 /
 
Paulsen, Louis    2625 (58) 3 /
Calthrop, Samuel    1829 (158) 0 /
 
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2498 (56) 3 /
Perrin, Frederic    2302 (38) 0 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2803 (34) 3 /
Meek, Alexander    1932 (94) 0 /
 
Raphael, Benjamin    2171 (58) 4 /
Marache, Napoleon    2260 (50) 3 /
 
Paulsen, Louis    2625 (58) 2 /
Montgomery, Hardman    2404 (67) 0 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2803 (34) 3.5 /
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2498 (56) 0.5 /
 
Paulsen, Louis    2625 (58) 3.5 /
Raphael, Benjamin    2171 (58) 0.5 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2803 (34) 6 /
Paulsen, Louis    2625 (58) 2 /
 
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2498 (56) 3 /
Raphael, Benjamin    2171 (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