Bath Beach 1909

Bath Beach 1909
Compiled by Phony Benoni

This six-player round robin decided the New York State Chess Association championship for 1909. It had a couple of notable features: the participation of famous masters Frank James Marshall and Charles Jaffe --and the fact that neither of them won it!

Jaffe got off to a rocky start, losing in rounds one and three to Wilbur Lyttleton Moorman and Herbert Rosenfeld. Marshall allowed a draw to Otto Roething in round two, dropping a helf-point behind Rosenfeld who began with three straight wins.

Marshall temporarily restored normalcy by beating Rosenfeld in round four and winning the brilliancy prize in the process. However, in an ironic prequel to Havana 1913, Jaffe defeated Marshall in the last round as Rosenfeld claimed the title with a victory over Harlow Bussey Daly.

Rosenfeld X 0 1 1 1 1 4.0
Marshall 1 X 0 1 1 ½ 3.5
Jaffe 0 1 X 0 1 1 3.0
Moorman 0 0 1 X ½ 1 2.5
Daly 0 0 0 ½ X 1 1.5
Roething 0 ½ 0 0 0 X 0.5

So who was Herbert Rosenfeld? He was a university student at the time of the tournament, but seems to have dropped out of sight once he had to start making a living. He has only two other games in the database, H Rosenfeld vs G A Thomas, 1910 being from the penultimate Anglo-American Cable Match.

Round 1, Game #1
W Moorman vs C Jaffe, 1909
(B40) Sicilian, 50 moves, 1-0
Round 1, Game #2
H Rosenfeld vs O Roething, 1909
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0
Round 1, Game #3
Marshall vs H Daly, 1909
(C21) Center Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Round 2, Game #4
C Jaffe vs H Daly, 1909
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Round 2, Game #5
O Roething vs Marshall, 1909
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 2, Game #6
W Moorman vs H Rosenfeld, 1909
(C00) French Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
Round 3, Game #7
H Rosenfeld vs C Jaffe, 1909
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0
Round 3, Game #8
Marshall vs W Moorman, 1909
(A53) Old Indian, 50 moves, 1-0
Round 3, Game #9
H Daly vs O Roething, 1909
(A02) Bird's Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Round 4, Game #10
C Jaffe vs O Roething, 1909
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Round 4, Game #11
W Moorman vs H Daly, 1909
(C42) Petrov Defense, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 4, Game #12
H Rosenfeld vs Marshall, 1909
(C59) Two Knights, 42 moves, 0-1
Roiund 5, Game #13
Marshall vs C Jaffe, 1909
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 0-1
Round 5, Game #14
H Daly vs H Rosenfeld, 1909
(C10) French, 46 moves, 0-1
Round 5, Game #15
O Roething vs W Moorman, 1909
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 29 moves, 0-1

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