Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2385 (38) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2282 (52) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2288 (65) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2356 (38) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2312 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2487 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2299 (78) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2284 (46) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2224 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2404 (53) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2182 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2340 (42) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2349 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2285 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2345 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2342 (39) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2365 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2304 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2097 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2265 (79) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2379 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2161 (82) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2266 (70) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2275 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2233 (37) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2542 (44) 0.5 /
 
Kemény, Emil    2478 (41) 1 /
Showalter, Jackson    2532 (33) 0 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match
Place: Philadelphia and New York
Start date: 31 May 1897
End date: 31 May 1897
 
Notes:
Seven of the games were adjudicated by Steinitz. The results of the games D.S. Robinson - A.B. Hodges and J. Elson - J.C. Halpern remained controversial.
 
References
Books
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 294, 374
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 254
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 169, 326
   Hilbert, Essays in American Chess History, page 128
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 164
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 22, 46, 109
Web
   Hilbert, John S.  [The 1897 Franklin - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Team Match]

Tournament information updated: 7 Nov. 2023