Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Reed, W.F.    2135 (87) 0.5 /
Burke, James    2083 (144) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2320 (50) 0 /
Hymes, Edward    2319 (71) 1 /
 
McGee (1)    0 /
Raubitschek, Robert    2263 (56) 1 /
 
Mlotkowski, Stasch    2231 (49) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2260 (38) 1 /
 
Smythe, J. Henry    1851 (155) 0 /
Schwietzer, George    2200 (64) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2198 (85) 1 /
Siegheim, Bruno    2275 (46) 0 /
 
Voigt, Hermann    2421 (50) 0.5 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2368 (49) 0.5 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2359 (51) 0.5 /
Finn, Julius    2393 (43) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2200 (87) 0.5 /
Halpern, Jacob    2260 (43) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2376 (59) 0 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2275 (41) 1 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2264 (81) 0.5 /
de Visser, William    2312 (81) 0.5 /
 
Stadelman, Samuel    2226 (58) 0.5 /
Pulvermacher, Albert    2269 (75) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2283 (60) 0 /
Phillips, Harold    2301 (47) 1 /
 
Martinez, Charles    2429 (71) 1 /
Baird, David    2260 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2208 (62) 0.5 /
Roething, Otto    2306 (40) 0.5 /
 
Roeske, J.F.    2100 (60) 0 /
Koch, William    2213 (61) 1 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
Place: Philadelphia or New York (?)
Start date: 30 May 1903
End date: 30 May 1903
 
Notes:
Urcan cites the New York Times of 31 May 1903, but his list of results differs from the result as given there in several ways. Many of the names of players in the New York Times report are badly garbled, but it is evident that where Urcan has a draw Roething - Voigt (which would be a second game for both of those players) and a win by Delmar over Elson (which would again be a second game for both players), the New York Times has a draw between Pulvermacher and Stadelman, and a win by Raubitschek over McGee. The report in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 1 Jun. 1903 does not give complete results, but is mostly consistent with the New York Times, except that it mentions a win by 'Varrath' [sic, Vorrath] of Manhattan, in place of Hanham. I take the New York Times report to be correct, apart from the awful spellings of names. I am guessing that the player named 'Smythe' here was J.H. Smythe, but there was also an F. Smyth in Philadelphia, and it might have been him.
 
References
Books
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 487
   Urcan, Julius Finn, page 92
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 63, no. 151, 1 June 1903, page 7
   [NYTi], vol. 52, no. 16661, 31 May 1903, page 14

Tournament information updated: 1 Sept. 2022