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🏆 2nd Anglo-American Cable Match (1897)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Harry Pillsbury, Joseph Blackburne, John Finan Barry, Eugene Delmar, Joseph Blake, Albert Hodges, Constant Burille, Henry Atkins, Jackson Showalter, Frank Teed, Charles Locock, Edward Hymes, Thomas Lawrence, Daniel Mills, George Bellingham, Henry Cole, Hermann Helms, Edward Mackenzie Jackson, John McCutcheon, Herbert Jacobs

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
2nd Anglo-American Cable Match (1897)

New York, NY, United States and London, England (12-13 February 1897)

Brd GBR Team USA Team —————————————————————————————————— 1 Blackburne ½ Pillsbury ½ 2 Locock 0 Showalter 1 3 Atkins 1 Burille 0 4 Lawrence 0 Barry 1 5 Mills ½ Hymes ½ 6 Bellingham ½ Hodges ½ 7 Blake 0 Delmar 1 8 Jackson 1 Helms 0 9 Cole 1 Teed 0 10 Jacobs 1 McCutcheon 0 —————————————————————————————————— Scores: 5½ 4½ —————————————————————————————————— Time Control: 20 moves per hour. GBR had White on the odd-numbered boards


Introduction
The second match saw the rosters expand to ten players, which seemed to favor the British as their one-point victory was due in large part to a sweep on the bottom three boards.

Notes
The 1st Anglo-American Cable Match (1896) and 3rd Anglo-American Cable Match (1898) were the previous and next editions of this team match-up for the Newnes Cup.

Credit
Original collection: Game Collection: Anglo-American Cable Matches, 1896-1911, by User: Phony Benoni.

 page 1 of 1; 10 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Blackburne vs Pillsbury ½-½4818972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchC55 Two Knights Defense
2. H H Cole vs F Teed 1-06418972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchD00 Queen's Pawn Game
3. D Y Mills vs E Hymes  ½-½4418972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchC13 French
4. Showalter vs C Locock 1-03518972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchC67 Ruy Lopez
5. H Atkins vs C F Burille 1-06318972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchA07 King's Indian Attack
6. J F Barry vs T F Lawrence 1-03418972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchD00 Queen's Pawn Game
7. A B Hodges vs G Bellingham  ½-½6918972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
8. J Blake vs E Delmar  0-14418972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchC10 French
9. H Helms vs E M Jackson 0-14318972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchC60 Ruy Lopez
10. J L McCutcheon vs H Jacobs 0-12718972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchB01 Scandinavian
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