- Lasker Simul 27b, Edinburgh
1899.01.09 Lasker Simul 27b, Edinburgh (+24=1-2)
Twenty-seven players altogether opposed Mr Lasker... Mr C. Meikle was the first to sustain the credit of the club... by the champion conceeding him a draw in a very level position... a Northampton gentleman, Mr J. Greeves, to score the first win against Mr. Lasker... two of the strongest local players, Messrs J. G. Thomson and G. P. Galloway, had to acknowledge defeat... Mr D. Y. Mills played a Sicilian defence... thus allowing Mr Mills to score the second win... The play was brought to a close about a quarter-past eleven, Mr Lasker having won 24 games, lost 2, and drawn 1.
Source: Edinburgh <Scotsman>, 1899.01.10, p9
The room in the Clarendon Hotel which was set apart for the players... amongst the games last to be concluded were those of Dr Knight, Messrs J. and A. B. Steele, and Latta. Ex-Bailie Buchan fell early in the contest, making a slip at the start which cost him his queen. Mr Ellis, the other member of the Portobello Chess Club, continued to play until the thirtieth move.
Source: <Musselburgh News>, 1899.01.13, p6
|
|
0 games, - Lasker Simul 27b, Glasgow
1899.01.06 Lasker Simul 27b, Glasgow (1899) (+27=0-0)
Herr Emanuel Lasker, the world's chess champion, concluded his visit to Glasgow last night by performing the most brilliant feat in simultaneous play which has been achieved in the city in recent times. Twenty-seven antagonists came forward, and all were defeated... Those who faced the champion included Messrs John Russell, A. B. Law, J. Gilchrist, J. Crum, W. Tait, J. R. Longwill, A. J. Nelson, G. A. Thomson, and J. Court.
Source: Edinburgh <Scotsman>, 1899.01.07, p7
On Friday he met 27 gentlemen, including a dozen of the strongest players in Glasgow and yet he swept the whole boards.
Source: <Dundee Advertiser>, 1899.01.09, p2
|
|
0 games, - Lasker Simul 30b, Cheltenham
1898.11.24 Lasker Simul 30b, Cheltenham (1898) (+24=4-2)
table[
Prof. Blundell 0
J. J. Boulton 0
W. Campbell 0
Col. Chisholm ½
F. H. Chubb 0
E. Clissold 0
W. Dicks 0
Col. Forbes 0
Forbes-Robertson 0
H. A. Foxwell 0
C. Godlouton 0
Miss Gooding ½
W. Greenwood 0
C. E. Jackman 0
Rev. E. B. James 1 Queen's Fianchetto Attack
Col. Law 1 Allgier Thorold Gambit
Rev. J. Maconechy 0
H. M. MacVicar 0
Dr. Mason 0
H. E. Norris ½
Gen. Percival 0
R. Perks 0
Neville Ricketts 0
J. L. Robertson 0
S. S. Sims 0
H. E. Soper ½
L. Stern 0
R. J. Webb 0
T. Whittard 0
W. Yates 0
]table
Sources:
<Cheltenham Chronicle>, 1898.11.26, p4
<Cheltenham Examiner>, 1898.11.30, p6
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Farquhar Forbes-Robertson
click for larger view
Emanuel Lasker
1.Rxb5+ axb5 2.Qa7+ Rxa7 3.Rxa7# 1-0
Source: <Ipswich Journal>, 1898.12.17, p3; ref: Cheltenham Examiner
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Miss Gooding
click for larger view
Emanuel Lasker
1...Re3 2.Bd2 Ng3 3.Bxe3 Nxh1 4.Bxf4 Nf2 5.Be3 Ng4 6.Bxa7 Ne5
Lasker offered a draw which was accepted.
1/2-1/2
Source: <Cheltenham Examiner>, 1898.12.14, p6
|
|
0 games, - Lasker Simul 31b, Plymouth
|
1898.11.16 Lasker Simul 31b, Plymouth (1898) (+24=4-3) table[
1 Rev. G. B. Berry 0
2 Rev. H. Bembridge 0
3 Rev. A. H. Nankivell 0
4 A. S. Stoneman 0
5 G. L. Cullum 0
6 C. A. Pearce 0
7 T. Taylor 0
8 S. Ward 0
9 E. G. Phillips 0
10 P. S. Hoyte 0
11 W. W. Rickard 0
12 W. W. Hooper 0
13 W. J. May 0
14 G. D. Crowther 0
15 F. Fitz-Roy 0
16 P. S. Knowles 0
17 J. P. Brown 0
18 G. Murch 0
19 A. B. Rounsefell 0
20 T. D. Selwood 0
21 F. T. Price 0
22 A. Menhinkick 0
23 H. A. Adamson 1
24 Ellison Pearce 1*
25 D. W. Earle 1*
26 Rev. H. D. Nicholson ½*
27 Knight-Eaton ½*
28 C. F. Cooper ½*
29 C. F. Lyon ½*
30 Rev. J. M. Wheat 0*
31 E. B. Clark 0*
* games adjudicated by E. J. Winter-Wood
]table
Source: Plymouth <Western Morning News>, 1898.11.24, p3
|
|
0 games, - Lasker Simul 32b, Hanley
1898.12.17 Lasker Simul 32b, Hanley (1898) (+26=2-0*4)
table[
1 W. F. Payne Unfinished
2 J. T. Harris 0
3 C. W. Draycott ½
4 W. Askew 0
5 A. W. Daniel 0
6 F. Salt 0
7 C. S. Varcoe Unfinished
8 G. T. Audley 0
9 W. V. Crosbie 0
10 A. G. Owen 0
11 J. W. Dixon 0
12 G. White 0
13 G. W. Dolbel 0
14 W. Varcoe 0
15 H. Watkins 0
16 E. Smith 0
17 A. S. Dix Unfinished
18 G. Ashworth 0
19 S. Green 0
20 Dr. E. H. Smith 0
21 T. Holdcroft Unfinished
22 H. Brindley 0
23 F. Fox 0
24 J. A. Audley ½
25 L. Brindley 0
26 R. C. J. Walker 0
27 Rev. W. J. Archer 0
28 E. E. Pyett 0
29 D. Soergie 0
30 F. P. Reynolds 0
31 T. Keates 0
32 G. Varcoe 0
]table
Source: Hanley <Staffordshire Sentinel>, 1898.12.24, p3
|
|
0 games, - Lasker Simuls
Legend: + wins, = draws, - losses, and * unfinished.
1898.11.05 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 21b, London (+21=0-0)
1898.11.10 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 20b, Basingstoke (+20=0-0)
1898.11.12 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 20b, Oxford (+17=2-1)
1898.11.16 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 31b, Plymouth (+24=4-3)
1898.11.17 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 14b, Falmouth (+14=0-0)
1898.11.22 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 24b, London (+18=4-1*1)
1898.11.24 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 30b, Cheltenham (+24=4-2)
1898.11.25 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 24b, Bristol (+18=2-2*2)
1898.11.26 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 26b, Bristol (+16=1-1*8)
1898.12.01 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 25b, Birmingham (+16=8-1)
1898.12.09 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 23b, Ealing (+20=2-1)
1898.12.10 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 20b, Eastbourne (+19=1-0)
1898.12.16 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 25b, Manchester (+13=9-1*2)
1898.12.17 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 32b, Hanley (+26=2-0*4)
1898.12.20 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 26b, Manchester (+23=2-1)
1899.01.03 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 15b, Barrow (+15=0-0)
1899.01.05 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 25b, Glasgow (+23=2-0)
1899.01.06 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 27b, Glasgow (+27=0-0)
1899.01.07 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 22b, Stirling (+21=0-1)
1899.01.09 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 27b, Edinburgh (+24=1-2)
1899.01.10 Game Collection: Lasker Simul 25b, North Manchester (+23=1-1)
1899.02.08 Lasker Simul 26b, Moscow (+19=6-1)
1899.02.10 Lasker Blindfold Simul 6b, Moscow (+6=0-0)
1899.02.13 Lasker Consultation Simul 10b, Moscow (+8=1-1)
1899.02.15 Lasker Simul 36b, Moscow (+28=1-3*2)
1899.02.17 Lasker Simul 39b, Moscow (+26=8-2)
1899.07.11 Lasker Simul 26b, London (+21=2-3)
Legend: + wins, = draws, - losses, and * unfinished.
Additional Resource: https://www.emanuellasker.online/la...
|
|
0 games, - Lawson's Morphy Finds
|
Was Lawson duped by some unscrupulous source? I'm starting to have some serious questions about his "finds". Once is a mistake.
Twice is a coincidence.
Thrice is a pattern.
Four times is looking like intentional deception. Perhaps these all come from the mysterious Czech book <Mene Znamy Partie z Paul Morphy>, Moritz Porges, 1900, and then "found" by Lawson?? •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849
Jay Whitehead found this game in the <Tallapoosa Gazette> for 1847 with neither player identified (i.e. NN for both). •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849
Another game "found" by Lawson, but it was first published in <La Régence>, v1 n10, October 1849, p302, as being played by "M. M....." vs "M. N....." some 14 months before the first verifiable Morphy game was published. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Morphy vs NN, 1850
Again, another game "found" by Lawson. This game is actually Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1852 and given by Cochrane in his unpublished MS, <Loose Indian Chess Leaves>, v1, game 133, p98, pdf p52, with the Morphy version removing the a1-rook to pass it off as an odds game. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Morphy vs H Kennicott, 1857
The earliest source I can find for this game is in <Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper>, 1859.02.26, p193, along with the additional move of 19.Nc3 and Kennicott's annotations. It seems to me that the termination should be <19.Qg5+ Kd6> 20.Nc3 which makes far more sense in regard to Kennicott's last note: "and Black cannot save the game, though he has still an apparently won game." Kennicott also makes no mention of his opponent being Paul Morphy, just "Mr. M.". He also gives no location or year for this game. Lawson is apparently the one who dates this game as being played in New York 1857 by Morphy in the <British Chess Magazine>, v98 n8, August 1978, p354. Is there any evidence to support this additional data? •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
|
|
0 games, - Lincolnshire CA, Class 2, Louth
<Louth, England (4-6 January 1877)>
table[
Final Standings:
Player Score Place/Prize
———————————————————————————————————————————
Cockman 7½ 1st £3 0s 0d
Newham 7 2nd-3rd £1 4s 6d
Walton 7 2nd-3rd £1 4s 6d
Coates 6½ 4th-split £0 16s 0d
H Jackson 6½ 4th-split £0 16s 0d
Guilliatt 5½
J Jackson 5½
Wiles 5½
Iles 5
Thorold 4½
Brown 4
Camden 1
———————————————————————————————————————————
]table
<Prologue>
It is intended to hold a meeting at Louth on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of January, 1877. Prizes will be offered in different classes to all comers. Mr J. L. Flythche, Thorpe Hall is the president, and Rev. A. B. Skipworth, Tetford Rectory, Horncastle, is acting as secretary and treasurer [[pro tem]]. Programmes will be issued shortly. [(1)]
The competition at the chess meeting to be held at Louth on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of next month, will be open to all provincial amateurs, ladies and gentlemen, and the players will be divided into three classes, the amount of the prizes being respectively £5, £3, and £1 10s., with corresponding entrance fees of 10s. 6d., 5s., and 2s. 6d. An extra prize will be given to the Lincolnshire man who takes the highest prize in Class II. The hours of play each day will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. All communications should be directed to the Rev. A. B. Skipworth, Tedford Rectory, Horncastle. [(2)]
<Introduction>
Classes 2 and 3 were amalgamated as class 2 on account of there being a very slight difference in the strength of the players. The contest was close and exciting to the last, as will be seen by the following result:—Mr. A. Cockman (Grantham club) won 7½ games, taking the 1st prize, value 3[[l]]., and the special prize; the Rev. W. L. Newham and Mr. T. Walton (Grantham) won 7 games each, and divided the 2d and 3d prizes, value 2[[l]], 5[[s]].; Capt. Coates (Grimsby) and Master H. Jackson (Dewsbury) won 6½ each, and divided the fourth prize, value 1[[l]]. 12[[s]]. Mr. C. S. Wiles (Lincolnshire) won 5½ games, Mr. H. Guilliatt (Grimsby) 5½, Mr. J. Jackson (Dewsbury) 5½, Mr. R. J. P. Iles (Grimsby) 5, Mr. M. E. Thorold (Lincolnshire) 4½, Mr. E. Brown (Grantham) 4, and Mr. Camden 1. The special prize was given chiefly by Mr. Skipworth, to be awarded to the Lincolnshire man who took the highest place in class 2. Master H. Jackson, who shared the fourth honours, is only thirteen years of age. [(3)]
In the second class the competition was close and exciting to the last. Twelve competitors entered the lists, and the first prize, value £3, as well as a special prize, a bound copy of the [[Chess Player's Chronicle]] from 1868 to 1875, offered for the highest score by a Lincolnshire player, was won by Mr. Cockman, of Grantham. The second and third prizes value £2 5s., were divided between the Rev. W. L. Newham, of Leicester, and Mr. Walton, of Grantham, whose respective scores were equal; and the fourth prize was divided between Captain Coates, of Grimbsy, and Master H. Jackson, of Dewsbury, who each scored 6½ games. Master H. Jackson, who shared the fourth honour of the tourney, is, we are informed, only thirteen years of age, and he defeated his father, who was also a competitor in this class. [(4)]
<Sources>
(1) London [[Field]], 1876.12.09, p701
(2) London [[Field]], 1876.12.23, p758
(3) [[Lincoln, Rutland, and Stamford Mercury]], 1877.01.12, p5
(4) [[Illustrated London News]], 1877.01.20, p71
|
|
0 games, - Lincolnshire CA, Louth
Game Collection: National and Regional Tournaments
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
<Events>
Game Collection: Lincolnshire CA, Louth
Game Collection: Lincolnshire CA, Class 2, Louth
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
<History>
——————————————————————————————————————————
A Lincoln County Chess Association is the outcome of this successful gathering. It is to hold annual meetings in the north and south of the county alternately during the first week in each year. Earl Brownlow, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, will be invited to act as president for the ensuing year; and Mr. Skipworth has accepted office as honorary secretary and treasurer. J. L. Ffytche, Esq., was the president at Louth, and he took the chair at the public luncheon held during the meeting.
[[Illustrated London News]], 1877.01.20, p71
——————————————————————————————————————————
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Game Collection: National and Regional Tournaments
|
|
0 games, - Lincolnshire CA, Louth
<Louth, England (4-5 January 1877)>
table[
1 2 3 4 Score Place/Prize
————————————————————————————————————————————————
1 Skipworth ••• 11+ 111 111 9 1st £3 3s
2 de Soyres 00- ••• 111 1½1 5½ 2nd £1 1s
3 Newham 000 000 ••• 1½1 2½
4 Parker 000 0½0 0½0 ••• 1
————————————————————————————————————————————————
Unplayed games: (+) win, (=) draw, (-) loss, and (…) unscored.
]table
<Prologue>
It is intended to hold a meeting at Louth on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of January, 1877. Prizes will be offered in different classes to all comers. Mr J. L. Flythche, Thorpe Hall is the president, and Rev. A. B. Skipworth, Tetford Rectory, Horncastle, is acting as secretary and treasurer [[pro tem]]. Programmes will be issued shortly. [(1)]
The competition at the chess meeting to be held at Louth on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of next month, will be open to all provincial amateurs, ladies and gentlemen, and the players will be divided into three classes, the amount of the prizes being respectively £5, £3, and £1 10s., with corresponding entrance fees of 10s. 6d., 5s., and 2s. 6d. An extra prize will be given to the Lincolnshire man who takes the highest prize in Class II. The hours of play each day will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. All communications should be directed to the Rev. A. B. Skipworth, Tedford Rectory, Horncastle. [(2)]
<Introduction>
We learn that the first-class tournament, the principal part of the programme for the chess meeting at Louth, has already been brought to a close. Four competitors, namely, the Rev. A. B. Skipworth, Messrs Newham, De Soyres, and Parker entered for the affray, in which each player had to contest three games against every other rival. The Rev. A. B. Skipworth chivalrously offered the pawn and move to the other competitors, and, nevertheless, won the first prize in fine style, having beaten Messrs Parker nevertheless all the three games, and winning two against Mr De Soyres over the board, and one by forfeit. The latter gentleman gained the second prize, having beaten Mr Newham all three games, and Mr Parker two and one draw. Several minor are still in progress, and a simultaneous exhibition will be given by Mr Skipworth. [(3)]
<Sources>
(1) London [[Field]], 1876.12.09, p701
(2) London [[Field]], 1876.12.23, p758
(3) London [[Field]], 1877.01.06, p25
|
|
0 games, - Loewenthal - Turner
|
My first formal match was with Mr. Turner. It was arranged for me by the kind offices of Mr. Stanley and Mr. Thompson, and was played at New York. In this and another match, which immediately followed, I was the conqueror; but I regret to say that I have not preserved any of the games. (The Book of the First American Chess Congress, Fiske, New York 1857, pp390-391) Lowenthal - Turner (1): +6-2=2 (ILN, 1850.03.23, p195)
Lowenthal - Turner (2): +5-2=1 (ILN, 1850.03.23, p195)
Lowenthal - Turner (combined): +11-4=3 (Albion, 1850.03.09, p119) D.J.-The results of the matches in question was as follows:-Lowenthal 11. Turner 4. Drawn 3, and in the other case, Turner 6, Thompson 2, Drawn 0. (Albion, 1850.03.09, p119) Mr. Turner struck me as a player of great natural talent and strong imagination, but somewhat too liable to be carried away by a brilliant combination or a dashing coup. In Mr. Turner I found a generous friend. He kindly invited me to accompany him to his residence near Lexington (Kentucky); my old thought of turning farmer reviving, I accepted the invitation. We left on the 3d of March, 1850. On the 12th of March, I commenced a third match with Mr. Turner, and at that sitting won every game.
(Book of the First American Chess Congress, p392) During my stay with Mr. Turner, Chess, of course, filled up the hours that gentleman could spare from his duties. The result of our play then was, that out of seven matches, some of the first five, others of the first three games, I won six and lost one by the odd game. Lowenthal - Turner (3) Lowenthal won every game.
Lowenthal - Turner (4)
Lowenthal - Turner (5)
Lowenthal - Turner (6)
Lowenthal - Turner (7)
Lowenthal - Turner (8)
Lowenthal - Turner (9)
Current event ID: Lowenthal - Turner (1850)
|
|
0 games, - Louisiana
0 games, - Louisiana Chess and Whist Club
0 games, - Manhattan CC 1st Handicap (1890)
<New York, NY, United States (September-October 1890)>
table[
1
Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Score Place/Prize
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
1 Delmar I • • 1 1 1 + 1 1 0 1 7 1st
2 Hanham I • • 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 2nd
3 Dahl II 0 0 • • 0 + 0 1 0 1 3
4 Ford II 0 1 • • 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 3rd-split
5 Margulier III 0 0 1 0 • • 0 0 0 1 2
6 Hein III - 0 - 1 • • - 0 - 0 1
7 Richards IV 0 0 1 1 1 - • • 0 0 3
8 Yeaton IV 0 1 0 0 1 1 • • 1 1 5 3rd-split
9 Northrop V 1 0 1 0 1 + 1 0 • • 5 3rd-split
10 Loeb V 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 • • 2
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
]table
<Introduction>
The Manhattan Chess Club is organizing two Handicaps for the coming season on a similar plan to that adopted in the City of London Chess Club. The players will be divided in five classes, and each class will form a section in which the competitors will play on even terms in two rounds. The first and second best of each class will be entitled to play in the final pool of one round for the three prizes. [(1)]
The Handicap Tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club is in progress with twenty-nine entrances. [(2)]
The most important event in local chess circles is the handicap at the Manhattan Chess Club. Originally there were twenty-five competitors, who were playing in five classes. The following came out the winners in each class, and are now engaged in final tourney: Class I—Messrs. E. Delmar and Major Hanham; Class II—Messrs. E. W. Dahl and E. A. Ford; Class III—MEssrs. L. Margulier and L. Hein; Class IV—Messrs. G. H. Richards and F. H. Yeaton; Class V—Messrs. T. F. Northrop and G. Loeb. On Friday night the scores of these gentlemen, were as follows: Messrs. Delmar and Hanham have won three games each and lost none. Mr. Dahl lost four and won two; Mr. Ford lost one and won two; Mr. Margulier lost one and won none; Mr. Richards won two and lost two; Mr. Yeaton lost two and won one; Mr. Northrop lost one and won one, and Mr. Loeb lost four and won one. [(3)] The annual winter handicap of the Manhattan Chess Club has just been concluded. E. Delmar takes the first prize with a total of seven wins, Major Hanham takes the second prize with a total of six, while Messrs. Ford, Yeaton, and Northrop tie for the third prize with a total of five wins each. It will be seen from the table that the players of the same class did not engage in playing each other. [(4)]
<Sources>
(1) [[International Chess Magazine]], v6 n8, August 1890, p236
(2) [[International Chess Magazine]], v6 n9, September 1890, p275
(3) [[New-York Daily Tribune]], 1890.11.02, p10
(4) New York [[Sun]], 1890.11.07, p4
|
|
0 games, - Manhattan CC 2nd Handicap (1890)
<New York, NY, United States (November-December 1890)>
table[
No final standings found.
]table
<Introduction>
The Manhattan Chess Club is organizing two Handicaps for the coming season on a similar plan to that adopted in the City of London Chess Club. The players will be divided in five classes, and each class will form a section in which the competitors will play on even terms in two rounds. The first and second best of each class will be entitled to play in the final pool of one round for the three prizes. [(1)]
About four more games remain to be played to complete the first round in the second fall handicap tournament at the Manhattan Chess Club. Twenty-five players are engaged in the contest. Major Hanham leads with seven games won out of a possible eight. Other prominent scores are: Ryan, 6; Ford, 6; Squier, 6; Delmar, 4½; Filch, 4½; Yeaton, 4; Schieffelin, 4; H. Rosenfeld, 4; Le Vino, 4; and Dahl, 4. Clapp with three games won, has still two to play, and Scheiffelin the same number. [(2)]
<Sources>
(1) [[International Chess Magazine]], v6 n8, August 1890, p236
(2) New York [[Sun]], 1890.11.30, p5
|
|
0 games, - Manhattan CC Championship (1890)
<New York, NY, United States (April-June 1890)>
table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Score Place/Prizes
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————
1 Baird 1st
2 Hanham 2nd
3 Clapp
4 Holladay
5 Levy
6 Man
7 Ryan
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Format: Double Round Robin, draws scoring ½.
]table
<Introduction>
A championship tournament has been formed at the Manhattan Chess Club for two prizes, and the following players have entered: D. G. Baird, A. C. Clapp, J. M. Hanham, W. Holladay, E. Levy, A. H. Man, and J. S. Ryan. [(1)] In the Club Championship Tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club, Mr. D. G. Baird won the chief prize and Mr. J. M. Hanham came out second. [(2)] <Sources>
(1) [[International Chess Magazine]], v6 n4, April 1890, p106
(2) [[International Chess Magazine]], v6 n6, June 1890, p169
|
|
0 games, - Manhattan CC Championship (1903/04)
<New York, NY, United States (8 November 1903-3 January 1904)>
table[
Won Lost Place/Prize
1 Baird 9 2 1st
2 Siegheim 8 3 2nd
3 Roething 7 4 3rd
4 Hanham 6½ 4½ 4th
5 Delmar 5½ 5½
6 Halpern 5½ 5½
7 Raubitschek 5½ 5½
8 Schwietzer 5½ 5½
9 Koch 4½ 6½
10 Limburger 3½ 7½
12 Fitch 3 8
12 White 2½ 8½
13 Cass (Withdrew)
]table
<Introduction>
The annual championship of the Manhattan Chess Club was begun yesterday afternoon, with the following thirteen entries: J. Halpern, Eugene Delmar, G. F. Schwietzer, D. G. Baird, Otto Roething, J. H. White, B. Siegheim, W. Koch, H. R. Limburger, J. M. Hanham, A. C. Cass, J. H. A. Fitch and R. Raubitschek. Play in this contest will proceed at the rate of two rounds a week. Independent of three liberal prizes, a fee is paid by the club for each game won. It is expected that the tournament will be completed within seven weeks. [(1)]
After eight rounds of play in the annual championship tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club Siegheim is still in the lead, having won six straight games, but losing the seventh against Halpern. Cass retired from the contest, and so all the games played by him were annulled. [(2)]
The annual championship tournament was concluded at the Manhattan Chess Club yesterday afternoon, when the last game of this contest was played by Halpern and Fitch, the former being the winner. D. G. Baird thus won the first prize with 9 games to his credit. Seigheim was placed second, Roething third, and Hanham fourth. [(3)]
<Sources>
(1) New York [[Sun]], 1903.11.09, p10
(2) [[New-York Daily Tribune]], 1903.12.06, p12
(3) [[New York Times]], 1904.01.04, p7
|
|
1 game, 1903 - Manhattan CC Championship (1904/05)
<New York, NY, United States (14 November 1904-14 January 1905)>
table[
1 1 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Score Place/Prize
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
1 Koehler • ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 + 10 1st $30
2 Schwietzer ½ • ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½ 2nd $20
3 Jones 0 ½ • 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 + 8½ 3rd $10
4 Hanham ½ 0 0 • 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 7 4th $5
5 Keidanz 0 0 0 0 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 6½
6 Randolph 0 0 0 0 0 • 1 1 0 1 1 1 5
7 Limburger 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 • ½ 0 0 1 1 4
8 Roething 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ • 1 0 1 + 4
9 Kreymborg 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 • ½ 0 1 3½
10 White 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ • 0 1 3½
11 Fitch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 • + 3
12 Delmar - 0 - 1 ½ 0 0 - 0 0 - • 1½
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Unplayed games: + for a win, = for a draw, - for a loss.
Format: Single Round Robin, draws scoring ½.
]table
<Introduction>
At the Manhattan Chess Club the tournament committee is preparing for an active season and announcement has already been made of the annual championship tournament. The present holder of the title is D. Graham Baird and among those who will dispute with him for its possession on this occasion are O. Roething, E. Delmar, J. M. Hanham, J. Halpern, Dr. H. Keidanz, G. J. Schwietzer, J. H. A. Fitch, A. F. Kreymborg. Tuesdays and Sundays have been selected as the play days. the prizes are $30, $20, $10 and $5, with a brilliancy prize of $10. Entries close next Thursday. [(1)]
Fourteen players answered to the call of the Manhattan Chess Club's Tournament Committee and entered the annual championship tournament of that organization, the first round of which will be played at its headquarters in Carnegie Hall, Seventh avenue and Fifty-sixth street, this afternoon. Those entered are the following: Eugene Delmar, J. H. A. Fitch, J. Halpern, J. M. Hanham, J. S. Jones, Dr. Hermann Keidanz, W. Koch, G. H. Koehler, A. F. Kreymborg, H. Limburger, Edgar F. Randolph, Otto Roething. G. J. Schwietzer and J. H. White. [(2)]
<Synopsis>
Mangers of chess contests will do well hereafter to take a lesson from the unsatisfactory championship tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club which has just been decided, so far as the first prize is concerned at least, after considerable and rather unseemly wrangling on the part of the competitors more directly interested in the leading places. It would be utterly impossible for any untoward incident to disturb the serenity of the players were they obliged to play in accordance with a prearranged and cast iron schedule, but this was not the case. A schedule, it is true, was drawn up in advance, but was by no means religiously adhered to. Hence the troubles that attended to make life a burden on some of the players, including G. J. Schwietzer of this borough, who has not lost a game to date, and at one time thought he had a fair chance to win out. as a matter of fact, Gustav H. Koehler of Newark, N. J., a former champion of the New York State Chess Association, secured the championship yesterday after scoring his last game with Eugene Delmar, the cable match player, by default, the latter failing to put in an appearance when a date was set by the committee. Schwietzer was one of the few players Delmar encountered and, through the Brooklynite won from him, he deemed it but fair that Delmar be compelled to also play his chief rival, whether he forfeited his other games or not. Delmar gave sickness at home as a reason for not doing his part, but, nevertheless, considerable bad feeling was engendered. In addition, Koehler, after failing to meet Roething, one of the strongest men in the contest, on the date first scheduled, kept postponing his game, with Roething's consent, until it began to have the appearance of a pre-concerted arrangement. Later Schwietzer desired to do the same with Jones, probable third prize winner, until the committee was asked to interfere, and a date was peremptorily wet, putting an end to the dispute. Naturally all this unpleasantness did not make for harmony, and the members are unanimous in the opinion that subsequent tournaments must be conducted on a much stricter basis. [(3)] The Manhattan Chess Club has just finished its annual championship tournament, the three prize winners being Gustav H. Koehler, club champion for the ensuing year; George J. Schietzer and J. Stanley Jones. [(4)]
<Notes>
Halpern withdrew before the sixth round with unknown results. Koch withdrew after the eighth round recording a score of 1 win and 5 losses and 2 pending games. Daily reports have him beating Kreymborg in the second round and losing to Schwietzer in the first and White in the seventh rounds. Koch had been paired against Keidanz in the fifth, Limburger in the sixth, and Roething in the eighth rounds with his third and fourth round pairings unknown at this time. <Sources>
(1) [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]], 1904.11.06, Section 2, p20
(2) Brooklyn [[Daily Standard Union]], 1905.11.14, p3
(3) Brooklyn [[Daily Standard Union]], 1905.01.11, p8
(4) [[New-York Daily Tribune]], 1905.01.15, p10
|
|
0 games, - Manhattan CC Championship 1898/99
<New York, New York, United States (22 October 1898-6 March 1899)>
table[
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Score/Place
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
1 Hodges •• 11 1½ 01 11 11 01 10 11 12½ 1st
2 Koehler 00 •• 11 01 ½0 11 11 11 1+ 11½ 2nd
3 Baird 0½ 00 •• 11 0½ ½1 11 11 11 10½ 3rd-4th
4 Marshall 10 10 00 •• 11 ½1 10 11 1+ 10½ 3rd-4th
5 Schmidt 00 ½1 1½ 00 •• 11 01 1½ 1+ 9½
6 Hanham 00 00 ½0 ½0 00 •• 11 1½ 1+ 6½
7 v. d. Werra 10 00 00 01 10 00 •• ½½ 1+ 6
8 Delmar 01 00 00 00 0½ 0½ ½½ •• 1+ 5
9 Ettlinger 00 0- 00 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- •• 0
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
10 Rocamora 1- -- ½- -- 1- 1- -- -- 1- (Withdrew)
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
]table
<Synopsis>
It will be seen that Rocamora has retired, and all the games he had contested were cancelled. [(1)]
Final results: [(2)] [(3)]
table[
W L D W L
————————————————————————————————————————
Hodges 12 3 1 12½ 3½
Koehler 11 4 1 11½ 4½
Baird 9 4 3 10½ 5½
Marshall 10 5 1 10½ 5½
Schmidt 9 6 1 9½ 6½
Hanham 5 8 3 6½ 9½
v. d. Werra 5 9 2 6 10
Delmar 3 9 4 5 11
Ettlinger 0 16 0 0 16
————————————————————————————————————————
Rocamora 4 0 1 4½ ½ (withdrew)
————————————————————————————————————————
]table
Ettlinger retired from the contest after playing ten games and had the balance scored against him. [(2)]
Early yesterday morning the last game of the championship tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club was finished between Koehler and Schmidt, and as the latter won Hodges received the first prize and the title of champion. Koehler is second, and Baird and Marshall divide the third and fourth prizes. [(3)] <Sources>
(1) New York [[Sun]], 1898.11.29, p5
(2) [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]], 1899.02.20, p10
(3) New York [[Sun]], 1899.03.07, p5
|
|
0 games, - Manhattan CC Handicap (1887/88)
<New York, NY, United States (1887-1888)>
table[
No final standings available
]table
<Introduction>
Played in the Handicap of the Manhattan C.C. [(1)]
J S Ryan vs G Davidson, 1888
<Note>
No further evidence of the handicap tournament of 1888/89 has been found, but clearly this would be from such an event as Davidson did not compete in the 1887/88 handicap tournament nor in the New York Chess Club handicap of 1887/88. <Sources>
(1) [[Columbia Chess Chronicle]], v2 n22, 2 June 1888, p172
|
|
1 game, 1888
|
Kibitzing
