Mason, Ja. – Martinez, D.M. 1875 (2)




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Martínez, Dión    2471 (38) 3.5/
Mason, James    2503 (33) 1.5/
 
Status: casual

Event table notes

Event data
Place: Philadelphia
Start date: Mar. 1875
End date: Mar. 1875
 
Notes:
This does not seem to have been considered a formal match, though there was a stake on each game according to Mason (writing in 1885; see van Winsen, p.34). Marínez said (again in 1885; see van Winsen, p.35) that he had always considered this a match. The Maryland Chess Review of Apr. 1875 called it a social encounter (see van Winsen, p.37). The Dubuque Chess Journal of Apr. 1875 gives this result +3-1=1 for Martinez twice, once in Philadelphia and once in New York, but van Winsen suggests that this was an error, and that the New York result was +3-0=0 for Mason.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 24
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 12, 80
   van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 34, 35, 37, 38, 214, 330
   van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VII, page 112
Periodicals
   [DCJ], vol. 8, no. 63, May 1875, page 222
   [MCR], vol. 2, no. 16, Apr. 1875, page 154
   [MDR], 23 Apr. 1875
   [SoT], 3 Apr. 1875
Web
   Sericano, C.  [I matches 1865/79]

Match information updated: 30 Jul. 2023