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American National (1913) Sponsored and hosted by the Manhattan Chess Club; managing directors, Hartwig Cassell and Hermann Helms. Time limit: 36 moves for the first two hours and 18 moves an hour thereafter, with play hours from 1 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. in each day, on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. William M De Visser as referee, and Louis Hein, as umpire, will be the officials (Pittsburgh Gazette Times, January 12 and 19, 1913). This event should not be confused with New York (1913) (Rice Chess Club Tournament) or Quadrangular Masters (1913). As an extra incentive, reports (New York Herald, February 5, 1913 and New York Sun, February 6, 1913) indicate that the top six finishers would qualify for the upcoming tournament in Havana (1913). Capablanca won his first ten in a row, bringing up thoughts of a Lasker-like sweep, but a round 11 loss to Jaffe ended that possibility, and a draw in the next round with Chajes meant Marshall was only 1/2-point behind for their last round showdown. Capablanca, with White, played the Exchange French and Marshall soon acquiesced to the inevitable draw. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Pts 1 Capablanca * = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2 Marshall = * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 10.5 3 Jaffe 1 = * 1 1 1 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 0 9.5 4 Janowski 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 5 Chajes = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 8.0 6 Stapfer 0 = 0 = 0 * = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 7 Kupchik 0 0 0 0 = = * = 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 8 Tennenwurzel 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 9 Whitaker 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 10 Rubinstein 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 = 4.5 11 Kline 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 1 * = 0 1 4.5 12 Morrison 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1 4.0 13 Liebenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 1 2.5 14 Zapoleon 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 * 2.0 Stapfer was unable to go to Havana, so Kupchik received his place. A number of games are missing: Round 8: Rubinstein 1/2 Zapoleon, Stapfer 1 Morrison, Tennenwurzel 1/2 Liebenstein Round 9: Liebenstein 0 Rubinstein; Stapfer 1/2 Tennenwurzel Round 11: Kupchik 1/2 Stapfer, Morrison 0 Whitaker (submitted 02/06/1913), Rubinstein 0 Chajes, Zapoleon 0 Liebenstein Round 12: Janowski 1/2 Morrison; Kline 0 Liebenstein; Stapfer 1 Zapoleon; Whitaker 1 Tennenwurzel (Submitted 02/06/1913) Round 13: Kupchik 1/2 Chajes; Liebenstein 0 Stapfer; Morrison 1/2 Kline; Rubinstein 1 Whitaker; Zapoleon 1 Jaffe Original collection: Game Collection: Second American National Tournament (NY 1913), by User: Phony Benoni.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 75  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Janowski vs Marshall ½-½ 36 1913 American National C42 Petrov Defense 2. S Rubinstein vs J Stapfer 0-1 34 1913 American National A53 Old Indian 3. Kupchik vs L B Zapoleon   1-0 57 1913 American National D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 4. N Whitaker vs H Kline   ½-½ 45 1913 American National C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. J S Morrison vs O Chajes   ½-½ 39 1913 American National D05 Queen's Pawn Game 6. E Tenenwurzel vs C Jaffe   ½-½ 41 1913 American National D02 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Capablanca vs H Liebenstein 1-0 26 1913 American National C46 Three Knights 8. Marshall vs Kupchik 1-0 26 1913 American National D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. O Chajes vs L B Zapoleon   1-0 33 1913 American National A84 Dutch 10. Janowski vs S Rubinstein   1-0 37 1913 American National B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 11. J Stapfer vs H Kline   1-0 38 1913 American National D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. C Jaffe vs H Liebenstein   1-0 44 1913 American National C48 Four Knights 13. J S Morrison vs E Tenenwurzel   0-1 38 1913 American National D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 14. N Whitaker vs Capablanca 0-1 66 1913 American National A46 Queen's Pawn Game 15. H Liebenstein vs O Chajes   0-1 79 1913 American National C78 Ruy Lopez 16. H Kline vs E Tenenwurzel   ½-½ 47 1913 American National C13 French 17. Capablanca vs Janowski 1-0 54 1913 American National C48 Four Knights 18. J Stapfer vs C Jaffe 0-1 29 1913 American National A27 English, Three Knights System 19. S Rubinstein vs J S Morrison   1-0 34 1913 American National C50 Giuoco Piano 20. L B Zapoleon vs Marshall   ½-½ 23 1913 American National B40 Sicilian 21. Kupchik vs N Whitaker 1-0 35 1913 American National C22 Center Game 22. O Chajes vs J Stapfer   1-0 61 1913 American National C41 Philidor Defense 23. C Jaffe vs H Kline 1-0 25 1913 American National C44 King's Pawn Game 24. N Whitaker vs L B Zapoleon   1-0 30 1913 American National C14 French, Classical 25. E Tenenwurzel vs S Rubinstein 1-0 45 1913 American National D05 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 75    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jun-13-13    Tabanus: After round 1 was finished there was a speed chess competition won by Harry P Kline: The New York Press, 21 Jan. 1913: "From one of the strongest fields that has ever participated in the rapid transit tournaments of the Manhattan Chess Club, and which included six of the national tournament competitors, <Harry Kline of Boston> carried off the chief prize in the lightning contest played after the conclusion of the first round of the masters' competition, the time limit being ten seconds to a move. Kline, though he lost his individual encounter with F. J. Marshall, the United States champion, finished with a total of 12 to 2, or half a point better than the score of the latter. Charles Jaffe won the third prize with a score of 10½ to 8½. The fourth and fifth prises were divided between four players, who made scores of 8½ to 5½, viz, Major J. M. Hanham, L. B. Meyer, J. Rosenthal and G. H. Koehler. Oscar Chajes of Chicago was placed next with a score of 8 to 6. Other players were L. E. Zapoleon. H. Liebenstein, G. J. Belhoff, A. Pulvermacher, H. Wahrburg, H. Cabot and J. F. Smyth." Apr-25-15    Fusilli: This tournament is a reminder of the huge levels of immigration in America early in the twentieth century, which naturally included many chess masters, as it does today. Of the 14 contenders, seven were born in Europe and migrated the the U.S. Feb-07-16    TheFocus: "The following prizes will be held out to the players as inducements to do their best: First, $500; second, $350; third, $200; fourth, $100; fifth, $50. In addition, there will be consolation money to non-prize winners, the entrance fee having been set at $5. William M. de Visser has accepted the post of referee, and Louis Hein that of umpire. The tournament throughout will be under the personal direction of Hartwig Cassel and Hermann Helms> - <American Chess Bulletin>, February 1913, pg. 26. Feb-07-16    TheFocus: "Consolation money, $70 (distributed in accordance with the proportionate values of the final scores): Chajes and Stapfer (in addition to the fifth prize), $35.88 ( the sum due the sixth player in the list); Kupchik, $23.20; Teneneurzel, $20.67; Whitaker, $18.91; Kline, $16.77; Morrison, $16.77; Zapolean, $16.18; Rubinstein, $13.84; Liebenstein, $7.79," - <American Chess Bulletin>, March 1913, pg. 51. Feb-06-19    mifralu: I've posted two of the missing games here: Phony Benoni chessforum (kibitz #22703) Feb-07-19    Tabanus: <submitted 02/06/1913> Things take time around here. Dec-14-20    offramp: <Fusilli: This tournament is a reminder of the huge levels of immigration in America early in the twentieth century, which naturally included many chess masters, as it does today. Of the 14 contenders, seven were born in Europe and migrated the the U.S.> Construct the barrier! 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