Janowsky, D.M. – Showalter, J.W. 1899 (2)




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Showalter, Jackson    2528 (29) 4/
Janowsky, Dawid    2596 (28) 2/
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: New York
Start date: Mar. 1899
End date: Mar. 1899
 
Notes:
According to Hooper and Whyld this was a friendly match. Davies says that this and the subsequent match between Showalter and Janowsky were played in March and April 1899. I am supposing that this one took place in March, though it may have extended into April.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 321
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 197
   Elo, Rating of Chessplayers, page 91
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 31
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 309
   Sunnucks, Encyclopaedia of Chess, page 454

Match information updated: 2 Oct. 2022