The tournament moved east into new territory this year, at the Hotel Stinton in Cincinnati. Edward Lasker became the first to win the championship three times, outdistancing the 11-player field by a full point. Former champion Edward Schrader competed in his 13th and final Western Championship, as one of the best of the Excelsior Crowd could only score 50%.

                            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1  Edward Lasker            X ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8.5
2  John Taliaferro Beckner  ½ X 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7.5
3  John Winter              0 0 X 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7.0
4  Jackson Whipps Showalter 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 6.5
5  George Gessner           0 ½ ½ 0 X 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 5.5
6  Palmer Gunkel Keeney     0 ½ 0 0 1 X 0 1 1 1 1 5.5
7  Edward Schrader          0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 1 1 1 5.0
8  S K Shapiro              0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 4.5
9  J W Fry                  1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 X ½ 1 3.0
10 John H Norris            0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ X 1 2.0
11 F E Judge                0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0.0

Sources:

American Chess Bulletin, November, 1919, p.241-245.

Chess Results 1901-1920 / Gino di Felice, p.252.

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