Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2384 (38) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2280 (52) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2287 (65) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2359 (38) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2310 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2486 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2299 (78) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2283 (46) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2223 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2401 (53) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2181 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2338 (42) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2347 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2283 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2344 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2340 (39) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2364 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2304 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2097 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2274 (80) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2377 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2154 (84) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2265 (70) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2273 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2231 (37) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2540 (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