St. Paul, MN, United States (22 February 1898)

ID Player       R1  R2  R3  R4  Score  Place
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 1 Rogers      W19 W06 W12 W08    4    1st
 2 Huxmann     W20 D15 W15 W05    3½   2nd
 3 Clark       W24 W22 L08 W12    3    3rd split
 4 Hill, WE    L22 W26 W22 W21    3    3rd split
 5 Vogel       W25 W14 W21 L02    3
 6 Wilson      W27 L01 W17 W13    3
 7 Archibald   L13 W23 W28 W27    3
 8 Jellet      W29 W11 W03 L01    3
 9 Fryslie     L11 D20 W20 W22    2½
10 Lee         L12 W24 W14 D19    2½
11 Turner      W09 L08 W27 D15    2½
12 Buford      W10 W17 L01 L03    2
13 Dilley      W07 L18 W19 L06    2
14 Lewis       W23 L05 L10 W24    2
15 Lynde       W16 D02 L02 D11    2
16 Spencer     L15 D25 D25 W25    2
17 Stacy       W26 L12 L06 W26    2
18 Smith, JW   W30 W13 ••• •••    2
19 Crozier     L01 W30 L13 D10    1½
20 Hageman     L02 D09 L09 W28    1½
21 Sommers     D28 W28 L05 L04    1½
22 Babcock     W04 L03 L04 L09    1
23 Couper      L14 L07 L24 W29    1
24 Fox         L03 L10 W23 L14    1
25 Hill, FA    L05 D16 D16 L16    1
26 Nelson, M   L17 L04 W29 L17    1
27 Smith, RC   L06 W29 L11 L07    1
28 Nelson, N   D21 L21 L07 L20    ½
29 Elliott     L08 L27 L26 L23    0
30 Cruttenden  L18 L19 ••• •••    0
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Introduction
Rules adopted to govern the annual tournament of the State Chess Association, to be held in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 22, 1898, at 9:30 a.m., at the St. Paul Chess and Whist clubrooms. (1)

First—Residents of the state of Minnesota are eligible to membership upon payment of $1.

Second—The annual tournament of the association, for the championship of the state, will be held at St. Paul on the 22d day of February, 1898.

Third—The players participating shall be paired by lot under direction of the committee of arrangements. After the first round of play, winners shall play with winners and losers with losers.

Fourth—Players must always draw for first move.

Fifth—Time limit on each game played shall not exceed two hours; thirty moves an hour, when game shall be called by the umpire, and adjudicated by the committee.

Sixth—All drawn games shall be scored as one-half games won for each player. Contestants drawing shall play same opponent in the next round. The others shall be paired by lot. When it appears that an odd number of players are to contest in any round, among the winners, the player having the highest score among the losers shall be entitled to play in such a round. If there are two more more players having the same score among the losers they shall draw by lot for the privilege of playing among the winners.

Seventh—The winners of each game must furnish the committee or scorer with the true result of the game.

Eighth—Play shall be governed by the rules of the Sixth American Chess Congress.

Ninth—Play shall begin at 9:30 a.m., and continue until 12 o'clock, m.; then from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m., and then from 7 p.m. till 11 p.m. If the result should then be undecided, the ties may be played off, or games finished under direction of the committee.

Tenth—In passing up the result of the tournament, the committee shall determine the winners of the first, second and third prizes by awarding the first prize to the contestant who has the highest score among the winners, the second prize to the next highest and the third prize to the third highest score.

Eleventh—The first prize shall be the title of "Champion Chess Player of the State of Minnesota" for the ensuing year, a cash prize and a gold chess button. The button remaining the property of the association unless won three consecutive times at the annual state tournament. The "Champion" shall be subject to challenge by any member of the state chess association after the payment of $2 to the treasurer of said association and authorized by the committee.

Twelfth—Other prizes, in addition to the above, may be warded at the discretion of the committee, one of which shall be a consolation prize.

Synopsis
At 10 a.m., temps militaire, some thirty or more enthusiastic chess players assembled at the rooms of the St. Paul Whist and Chess club. These were: St. Paul—J. W. Smith, J. I. Jellet, C. J. Turner, F. A. Hill, W. E. Hill, F. Vogel, Herman A. Hageman, T. J. Buford, George Sommers, Jr.
Minneapolis—Capt. D. C. Rogers, George Burt Spencer, F. S. Lewis, Dr. F. A. Huxmann, T. O. Crozier, F. N. Stacy, E. P. Elliott, John w. Clark.
Northfield—H. O. Dilley, C. Archibald, Dr. C. V. Lynde, S. Fox, West Babcock, Dr. Cruttenden, C. S. Couper, R. C. Smith, W. H. Lee.
Faribault—Prof. S. B. Wilson.
Hopkins—Marcus Nelson, Nels Nelson.
Albert Lea—Fryslie.(2)(3)

A. H. Hornsby, the well-known veteran St. Paul chessman, was chosen referee.(3)

Notes
Jellet withdrew before the third place tie-breaker.(2) It is unclear why Archibald did not compete for the third place prize. No reason is given for the disappearances of J. W. Smith and Dr. Cruttenden after the second round.

Sources
(1) Minneapolis Journal, 1898.02.12, p15
(2) St. Paul Globe, 1898.02.23, p3
(3) Minneapolis Journal, 1898.02.26, p15