Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2389 (38) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2286 (52) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2292 (65) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2359 (38) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2316 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2491 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2303 (78) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2288 (46) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2228 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2406 (53) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2186 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2345 (42) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2352 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2288 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2349 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2346 (39) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2368 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2308 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2100 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2237 (76) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2382 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2165 (82) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2270 (70) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2278 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2236 (37) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2546 (44) 0.5 /
 
Kemény, Emil    2482 (41) 1 /
Showalter, Jackson    2537 (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