Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2436 (41) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2297 (57) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2292 (66) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2381 (40) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2326 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2496 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2303 (79) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2258 (50) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2234 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2413 (54) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2193 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2331 (43) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2362 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2294 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2359 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2373 (41) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2380 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2314 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2108 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2278 (80) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2392 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2164 (84) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2287 (71) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2288 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2246 (38) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2551 (44) 0.5 /
 
Kemény, Emil    2487 (42) 1 /
Showalter, Jackson    2539 (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, 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: 2 Oct. 2022