New York 1857 (4)




Results
 
Match scores
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2490 (56) 3 /
Stanley, Charles    2368 (53) 2 /
 
Perrin, Frederic    2295 (38) 4 /
Knott, Hubert    2161 (80) 3 /
 
Meek, Alexander    1925 (94) 3 /
Fuller, William    1839 (99) 2 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2796 (34) 3 /
Thompson, James (1)    2289 (52) 0 /
 
Raphael, Benjamin    2165 (58) 3.5 /
Kennicott, Hiram    2051 (93) 2.5 /
 
Marache, Napoleon    2253 (50) 3 /
Fiske, Daniel    2272 (83) 2 /
 
Montgomery, Hardman    2397 (67) 3 /
Allison, William    2090 (139) 1 /
 
Paulsen, Louis    2619 (58) 3 /
Calthrop, Samuel    1824 (158) 0 /
 
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2490 (56) 3 /
Perrin, Frederic    2295 (38) 0 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2796 (34) 3 /
Meek, Alexander    1925 (94) 0 /
 
Raphael, Benjamin    2165 (58) 4 /
Marache, Napoleon    2253 (50) 3 /
 
Paulsen, Louis    2619 (58) 2 /
Montgomery, Hardman    2397 (67) 0 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2796 (34) 3.5 /
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2490 (56) 0.5 /
 
Paulsen, Louis    2619 (58) 3.5 /
Raphael, Benjamin    2165 (58) 0.5 /
 
Morphy, Paul    2796 (34) 6 /
Paulsen, Louis    2619 (58) 2 /
 
Lichtenhein, Theodor    2490 (56) 3 /
Raphael, Benjamin    2165 (58) 0 /
 

Event table notes

Event data
Name: 1st American Chess Congress
Place: New York
Start date: 5 Oct. 1857
End date: 10 Nov. 1857
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 23
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 18, 202
   Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page xxxii
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 209, 235, 259
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables I, page 2
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 1
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 29
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 58, 329
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 141
Periodicals
   [CMNY], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1857, page 351
   [CMNY], vol. 1, no. 12, Dec. 1857, page 378
   [Era], vol. 20, no. 998, 8 Nov. 1857, page 14
   [FLIN], 24 Oct. 1857
   [FLIN], 31 Oct. 1857
   [FLIN], 14 Nov. 1857
   [ILN], vol. 31, no. 888, 21 Nov. 1857, page 518
   [ILN], vol. 31, no. 891, 5 Dec. 1857, page 571
   [NYC], 17 Oct. 1857
   [NYC], 24 Oct. 1857
   [NYC], 31 Oct. 1857
   [NYC], 7 Nov. 1857
   [NYC], 14 Nov. 1857
   [NYTi], 7 Oct. 1857
   [NYTi], 9 Oct. 1857
   [NYTi], 14 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 7 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 8 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 9 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 10 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 12 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 13 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 14 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 21 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 26 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 28 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 29 Oct. 1857
   [NYTr], 3 Nov. 1857
   [NYTr], 7 Nov. 1857
Web
   Cree, Graeme.  [1st American Chess Congress] (broken)
   Edge, Frederick Milnes.  [Frederick Edge Meets Paul Morphy - in his own write]
   Morphy, Paul.  [A Letter from Morphy to Maurian, November 16, 1857]
   Sarah.  [American Chess Congress]
   Sericano, C.  [New York, 1857]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Tournament information updated: 23 Aug. 2019