Philadelphia and New York 1897




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Voigt, Hermann    2387 (38) 0.5 /
Schmidt, Louis    2279 (52) 0.5 /
 
Robinson, Alfred    2284 (66) 0 /
Delmar, Eugene    2350 (39) 1 /
 
Robinson, D. Stuart    2313 (37) 0 /
Hodges, Albert B.    2487 (42) 1 /
 
Reichhelm, Gustavus    2294 (79) 1 /
Jasnogrodsky, Nicolai    2283 (46) 0 /
 
Kaiser, Julius    2224 (47) 0 /
de Visser, William    2402 (54) 1 /
 
Morgan, Joseph    2186 (44) 1 /
Baird, David    2338 (42) 0 /
 
Shipley, Walter    2351 (38) 0.5 /
Davidson, Harry    2285 (84) 0.5 /
 
Newman, Charles    2347 (40) 0.5 /
Hanham, J. Moore    2341 (40) 0.5 /
 
Morgan, Mordecai    2370 (49) 1 /
Simonson, Gustave    2304 (56) 0 /
 
Maguire, Elihu    2101 (37) 0.5 /
Vorrath, August    2275 (80) 0.5 /
 
Bampton, Samuel    2381 (37) 0.5 /
Isaacson, Charles    2158 (84) 0.5 /
 
Elson, Jacob    2278 (71) 1 /
Halpern, Jacob    2280 (51) 0 /
 
Young, John    2236 (37) 0.5 /
Lipschütz, Salomon    2542 (44) 0.5 /
 
Kemény, Emil    2480 (41) 1 /
Showalter, Jackson    2533 (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