US Open 1909, Excelsior = 10th Western Champ.

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US Open 1909, Excelsior = 10th Western Champ.
Compiled by Phony Benoni

<10th Western Championship Excelsior, Minnesota
August 16-24, 1909>

                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1  Oscar Chajes               X 1 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.5
2  Edward Friederich Schrader 0 X = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 12.0
3  Louis Uedemann             1 = X 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 11.5
4  Edward P Elliott           1 0 0 X 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0
5  Murray Goldsmith           0 = 1 0 X 1 = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0
6  Charles W Blake            = 0 = 1 0 X 1 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 1  9.5
7  George H Wolbrecht         0 0 0 1 = 0 X = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.0
8  Kalman Erdeky              0 = 0 0 1 0 = X 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1  8.0
9  James Frost Cross          0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 0 1 0 1 1 1 1  7.0
10 Harsen Darwin Smith        0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 0 1 = 1 = 1  7.0
11 Francis Newton Stacy       0 0 1 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 X = 0 = 1 1  6.5
12 William Widmeyer           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = X 1 1 1 1  5.5
13 Eugene Wesley Shrader      0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 X = 1 1  4.0
14 John W Barnhart            0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = X 0 1  3.5
15 G F Coombes                0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 X =  2.5
16 John W Clark               0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = x  0.5

New blood won out in 1909, as Oscar Chajes (then of Chicago) surged to the front. He had a little trouble with some of the former champions, losing to Elliott and Uedemann and drawing with Blake, but was merciless against the rest of the field.

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Thanks

To <Missscarlett> for games from the <Buffalo Enquirer>

Sources:

American Chess Bulletin, October 1909, p. 228-230.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 31, 1909.

buffalo Enquirer, September 18 and 25, 1909

Chess Results 1901-1920 / Gino di Felice, p. 120.

Chicago Tribune, September 26, 1909

Illustrated London Evening News, October 16, 1909 (provided by MissScarlett).

St. Louis Globe Democrat, 1909.08.28 and 1909.09.05)

Times-Democrat (New Orleans), October 3, 1909, p.9 (found by <MissScarlett>

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Round 4 (August 17): Chicago Tribune, 1909.09.19
H D Smith vs J W Barnhart, 1909
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Round 1 (August 16): ACB 1909.10:230
L Uedemann vs G H Wolbrecht, 1909
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 57 moves, 1-0
Round 1 (August 16): BUffalo Enquirer, 1909.09.18)
E F Schrader vs O Chajes, 1909
(C48) Four Knights, 49 moves, 0-1
Round 2 (August 16): Chicago Tribune, 1909.09.19
O Chajes vs K Erdeky, 1909
(C52) Evans Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0
Round 2 (August 13): St. Louis Globe Democrat, 1909.08.28)
C W Blake vs J W Barnhart, 1909
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Round 3 (August 17): ACB 1909,10:229
M Goldsmith vs F N Stacy, 1909
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0
Round 4 (August 17): Chicago Tribune,1 909.09.19
E Elliott vs E F Schrader, 1909
(C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
Round 5 (August 18): ACB 1909.10:229
M Goldsmith vs C W Blake, 1909
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 67 moves, 1-0
Round 6 (Agust 18): BUffalo Enquirer, 1909.09.04, p. 9)
G H Wolbrecht vs O Chajes, 1909
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
Round 7 (August 19): (Globe-Democrat, 1909.09.05)
E F Schrader vs C W Blake, 1909
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 49 moves, 1-0
Round 7 (August 19): ACB 1909.10:229
L Uedemann vs M Goldsmith, 1909
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 48 moves, 0-1
Round 8 (August 19): ACB 1909.10:230
C W Blake vs G H Wolbrecht, 1909
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0
Round 8 (August 19): Chicago Tribune, 1909.09.19
J F Cross vs O Chajes, 1909
(C42) Petrov Defense, 43 moves, 0-1
Round 9 (August 20): The Pawn, January 1910, p. 3
W Widmeyer vs E Shrader, 1909
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 35 moves, 1-0
Round 9 (August 18): Ill. London Eve, News, 1909.10.16
G H Wolbrecht vs E Elliott, 1909
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
Round and date unvailable: ACB 1909.10:230
C W Blake vs E Elliott, 1909
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
Round 10 (August 20): New Orleans Times Democrat, 1909.10.03
J F Cross vs G H Wolbrecht, 1909
(C42) Petrov Defense, 17 moves, 0-1
Round 11 (August 21): Chicago Tribune,1909.09.19
H D Smith vs F N Stacy, 1909
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 0-1
Round 12 (August 21): ACB 1909.10:229
M Goldsmith vs O Chajes, 1909
(B32) Sicilian, 57 moves, 0-1
Round 15 (August 24): ACB 1909.10:230
O Chajes vs W Widmeyer, 1909
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
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