Lake Hopatcong 1923 (9th American Chess Congress

Lake Hopatcong 1923 (9th American Chess Congress
Compiled by Phony Benoni

The 9th American Chess Congress was held August 6-21, 1923, in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. The time control was 30 moves in 2 hours, followed by 15 moves an hour.

Here are the final scores and a round by round summary.

1. Marshall X 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10.5
2. Kupchik 0 X 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5
3. Janowski ½ 0 X 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 10.0
4. Ed. Lasker 0 1 0 X ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 9.0
5. Schapiro ½ 0 ½ ½ X 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8.5
6. Black 0 ½ ½ 0 0 X 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7.0
7. Tenner 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 6.5
8. Chajes 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 X 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.5
9. Sournin 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 X 1 1 1 ½ ½ 5.5
10 Morrison ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 X ½ ½ 1 1 5.0
11 Hodges ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ X ½ 1 ½ 4.0
12 Palmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ X 1 0 3.0
13 Santasiere ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 X ½ 2.5
14 Bigelow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ X 2.5

Round-by-round scores:

Round 1 (Monday, August 6): Morrison ½ Marshall*; Tenner ½ Sournin; Lasker 1 Bigelow*; Kupchik ½ Black* (game played August 10 due to Kupchik's indisposition); Janowski 1 Palmer*; Schapiro ½ Chajes**; Hodges 1 Santasiere

STANDINGS: 1.0: Hodges, Janowski, Lasker; 0.5: Black, Chajes, Kupchik, Marshall, Morrison, Schapiro, Sournin, Tenner; 0.0: Bigelow, Palmer, Santasiere

Round 2 (Tuesday, August 7): Marshall ½ Santasiere*; Chajes 0 Hodges*; Palmer 0 Schapiro*; Black ½ Janowski*; Bigelow 0 Kupchik*; Sournin 1 Lasker*; Morrison 0 Tenner*

STANDINGS: 2.0: Hodges; 1.5: Janowski, Kupchik, Schapiro, Sournin, Tenner; 1.0: Black, Lasker, Marshall; 0.5: Chajes, Morrison, Santasiere; 0.0: Bigelow, Palmer

Round 3 (Wednesday, August 8): Tenner 0 Marshall*; Lasker 1 Morrison; Kupchik 1 Sournin*; Janowski 1 Bigelow; Schapiro 1 Black*; Hodges ½ Palmer; Santasiere 0 Chajes*

STANDINGS: 2.5: Hodges, Janowski, Kupchik; Schapiro; 2.0: Lasker, Marshall; 1.5: Chajes, Sournin, Tenner; 1.0: Black; 0.5: Morrison, Palmer, Santasiere; 0.0: Bigelow

Round 4 (Thursday, August 9): Marshall 1 Chajes*; Palmer 1 Santasiere; Black 1 Hodges**; Bigelow 0 Schapiro*; Sournin 0 Janowski Morrison 0 Kupchik; Tenner 0 Lasker

STANDINGS: 3.5: Janowski, Kupchik, Schapiro; 3.0: Lasker, Marshall; 2.5: Hodges; 2.0: Black; 1.5: Chajes, Palmer, Sournin, Tenner; 0.5: Morrison, Santasiere; 0.0: Bigelow

Round 5 (Saturday, August 11): Lasker 0 Marshall*; Kupchik 1 Tenner; Janowski 1 Morrison*; Schapiro 1 Sournin*; Hodges ½ Bigelow; Santasiere 0 Black; Chajes 1 Palmer*

STANDINGS: 4.5: Janowski, Kupchik, Schapiro; 4.0: Marshall; 3.0: Black, Hodges, Lasker; 2.5: Chajes; 1.5: Palmer, Sournin, Tenner; 0.5: Bigelow, Morrison, Santasiere

Round 6 (Sunday, August 12): Marshall 1 Palmer*; Black 0 Chajes; Bigelow ½ Santasiere; Sournin 1 Hodges**; Morrison ½ Schapiro; Tenner 0 Janowski; Lasker 1 Kupchik*

STANDINGS: 5.5: Janowski; 5.0: Marshall, Schapiro; 4.5: Kupchik; 4.0: Lasker; 3.5: Chajes; 3.0: Black, Hodges; 2.5: Sournin; 1.5: Palmer, Tenner; 1.0: Bigelow, Morrison, Santasiere

Round 7 (Monday, August 13): Kupchik 0 Marshall*; Janowski 1 Lasker*; Schapiro 0 Tenner; Hodges ½ Morrison; Santasiere ½ Sournin; Chajes 1 Bigelow*; Palmer 0 Black

STANDINGS: 6.5: Janowski; 6.0: Marshall; 5.0: Schapiro; 4.5: Chajes, Kupchik; 4.0: Black, Lasker; 3.5: H odges; 3.0: Sournin; 2.5: Tenner; 1.5: Morrison, Palmer, Santasiere; 1.0: Bigelow

Round 8 (Wednesday, August 15): Marshall 1 Black*; Bigelow 1 Palmer; Sournin 0 Chajes*; Morrison 1 Santasiere; Tenner 1 Hodges*; Lasker ½ Schapiro; Kupchik 1 Janowski*

STAMDINGS: 7.0: Marshall; 6.5: Janowski; 5.5: Chajes, Kupchik, Schapiro; 4.5: Lasker; 4.0: Black; 3.5: Hodges, Tenner; 3.0: Slurnin; 2.5: Morrison; 2.0: Bigelow; 1.5: Palmer, Santasiere

Round 9 (Thursday, August 16): Janowski ½ Marshall*; Schapiro 0 Kupchik*; Hodges 0 Lasker*; Santasiere 0 Tenner*; Chajes 1 Morrison; Palmer 0 Sournin; Black 1 Bigelow*

STANDINGS: 7.5: Marshall; 7.0: Janowski; 6.5: Chajes, Kupchik; 5.5: Lasker, Schapiro; 5.0: Black; 4.5: Tenner; 4.0: Sournin; 3.5: Hodges; 2.5: Morrison; 2.0: Bigelow; 1.5: Palmer, Santasiere

Round 10 (Friday, August 17): Marshall 1 Bigelow*; Sournin 0 Black*; Morrison ½ Palmer; Tenner 1 Chajes*; Lasker ½ Santasiere; Kupchik 1 Hodges; Janowski ½ Schapiro

STANDINGS: 8.5: Marshall; 7.5: Janowski, Kupchik; 6.5: Chajes; 6.0: Black, Lasker, Schapiro; 5.5: Tenner; 4.0: Sournin; 3.5: Hodges; 3.0: Morrison; 2.0: Bigelow, Palmer, Santasiere

Round 11 (Saturday, August 18): Schapiro ½ Marshall; Hodges 0 Janowski*; Santasiere 0 Kupchik*; Chajes 0 Lasker*; Palmer 1 Tenner; Black 0 Morrison; Bigelow ½ Sournin

STANDINGS: 9.0: Marshall; 8.5: Janowski, Kupchik; 7.0: Lasker; 6.5: Chajes, Schapiro; 6.0: Black; 5.5: Tenner; 4.5: Sournin; 4.0: Morrison; 3.5: Hodges; 3.0: Palmer; 2.5: Bigelow; 2.0: Santasiere

Round 12 (Monday, August 20): Marshall 1 Sournin*; Morrison 1 Bigelow; Tenner 0 Black*; Lasker 1 Palmer; Kupchik 1 Chajes*; Janowski ½ Santasiere; Schapiro 1 Hodges*

STANDINGS: 10.0: Marshall; 9.5: Kupchik; 9.0: Janowski; 8.0: Lasker; 7.5: Schapiro; 7.0: Black; 6.5: Chajes; 5.5: Tenner; 5.0: Morrison; 4.5: Sournin; 3.5: Hodges;; 3.0: Palmer; 2.5: Bigelow, Santasiere

Round 13 (Tuesday, August 21): Hodges ½ Marshall*; Santasiere 0 Schapiro; Chajes 0 Janowski; Palmer 0 Kupchik*; Black 0 Lasker; Bigelow 0 Tenner; Sournin 1 Morrison

In the above list, games with one asterisk (*) can be found in this collection; games with two asterisks (**) are in the submission process. If you know of other games from this tournament, please leave a note on my forum.

Round 1, Game #1
J S Morrison vs Marshall, 1923
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 1, Game #3
Ed Lasker vs H R Bigelow, 1923
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 35 moves, 1-0
Round 1, Game #4
Kupchik vs R T Black, 1923
(C42) Petrov Defense, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 1, Game #5
Janowski vs M C Palmer, 1923
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Round 2, Game #8
Marshall vs Santasiere, 1923
(D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 2, Game #9
O Chajes vs A Hodges, 1923
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 0-1
Round2, Game #10
M C Palmer vs M Schapiro, 1923
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 0-1
Round 2, Game #11
R T Black vs Janowski, 1923
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 2, Game #12
H R Bigelow vs Kupchik, 1923
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1
Round 2, Game #13
V Sournin vs Ed Lasker, 1923
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0
Round 2, Game #14
J S Morrison vs O Tenner, 1923
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1
Round 3, Game #15
O Tenner vs Marshall, 1923
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 60 moves, 0-1
Round 3, Game #17
Kupchik vs V Sournin, 1923
(C48) Four Knights, 51 moves, 1-0
Round 3, Game #19
M Schapiro vs R T Black, 1923
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 40 moves, 1-0
Round 3, Game #21
Santasiere vs O Chajes, 1923
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
Round 4, Game #22
Marshall vs O Chajes, 1923
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Round 4, Game #25
H R Bigelow vs M Schapiro, 1923
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 30 moves, 0-1
Round 5, Game #29
Ed Lasker vs Marshall, 1923
(C48) Four Knights, 41 moves, 0-1
Round 5, Game #31
Janowski vs J S Morrison, 1923
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
Round 5, Game #32
M Schapiro vs V Sournin, 1923
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 46 moves, 1-0
Round 5, Game #35
O Chajes vs M C Palmer, 1923
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
Round 6, Game #36
Marshall vs M C Palmer, 1923
(C49) Four Knights, 28 moves, 1-0
Round 6, Game #42
Ed Lasker vs Kupchik, 1923
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
Round 7, Game #43
Kupchik vs Marshall, 1923
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 34 moves, 0-1
Round 7, Game #44
Janowski vs Ed Lasker, 1923
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 41 moves, 1-0
Round 7, Game #48
O Chajes vs H R Bigelow, 1923
(B15) Caro-Kann, 33 moves, 1-0
Round 8, Game #50
Marshall vs R T Black, 1923
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
Round 8, Game #52
V Sournin vs O Chajes, 1923
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
Round 8, Game #54
O Tenner vs A Hodges, 1923
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
Round 8, Game #56
Kupchik vs Janowski, 1923
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 116 moves, 1-0
Round 9, Game #57
Janowski vs Marshall, 1923
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 105 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9, Game #58
M Schapiro vs Kupchik, 1923
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
Round 9, Game #59
A Hodges vs Ed Lasker, 1923
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1
Round 9, Game #60
Santasiere vs O Tenner, 1923
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
Round 9, Game #63
R T Black vs H R Bigelow, 1923
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
Round 10, Game #64
Marshall vs H R Bigelow, 1923
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 57 moves, 1-0
Round 10, Game #65
V Sournin vs R T Black, 1923
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 91 moves, 0-1
Round 10, Game #67
O Tenner vs O Chajes, 1923
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 57 moves, 1-0
Round 11, Game #71
M Schapiro vs Marshall, 1923
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 11, Game #72
A Hodges vs Janowski, 1923
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 48 moves, 0-1
Round 11, Game #73
Santasiere vs Kupchik, 1923
(C41) Philidor Defense, 82 moves, 0-1
Round 11, Game #74
O Chajes vs Ed Lasker, 1923
(B01) Scandinavian, 48 moves, 0-1
Round 12, Game #78
Marshall vs V Sournin, 1923
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 18 moves, 1-0
Round 12, Game #80
O Tenner vs R T Black, 1923
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
Round 12, Game #82
Kupchik vs O Chajes, 1923
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 1-0
Round 12, Game #84
M Schapiro vs A Hodges, 1923
(D94) Grunfeld, 54 moves, 1-0
Round 13, Game #85
A Hodges vs Marshall, 1923
(C49) Four Knights, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 13, Game #88
M C Palmer vs Kupchik, 1923
(B01) Scandinavian, 73 moves, 0-1

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