Dec-14-14
 | | jnpope: <The exhibition rooms of the Baltimore Chess Association, Baltimore and Howard streets, were filled with an appreciative audience yesterday afternoon and evening to witness the first match game of chess between Dr. J. H. Zukertort, champion of the world, and Mr. A. G. Sellman, chess editor of The Sunday American, and champion of this city. The game was won by Mr. Sellman, and is the first match game ever lost by Dr. Zukertort in America. It was begun by Dr. Zukertort playing pawn to queens fourth, and responded by Mr. Sellman with pawn to K 3. Dr. Zukertort's irregular opening caused Mr. Sellman to play very cautiously, and consumed much time, which was well rewarded, however, by the result. The Doctor, who is a quick player, attempted a combination which further developments showed to have a flaw, and Mr. Sellman, taking advantage of the mistake, captured a bishop, thereby securing a position which defeated the champion.> source: Baltimore American, 1883.12.14 |
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Dec-14-14
| | jnpope: <Second match game between Messrs. J. H. Zukertort and Alex. G. Sellman, played December 17:> source: Baltimore American, 1883.12.25
Sellman,AG - Zukertort,JH [C67]
1883.12.17 USA Baltimore, MD (2)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Re1 Bf5 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.Rxe5+ Be6 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Re1 0-0 12.Bg5 Qc8 13.Qd2 f6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Bxd6 cxd6 16.a3 Bg4 17.Qf4 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Rfe8 19.Qd3 Re6 20.f3 Rae8 21.Kf2 d5 22.Rxe6 Qxe6 23.Qd2 Qd6 24.Re1 Rb8 25.Qc1 Qxh2 26.Re6 Kf7 27.Qe3 Qc7 28.Qe1 Qd7 29.Re3 Re8 30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.Qb1 Qe7 32.Qb6 g5 33.Qb3 Kg7 34.Qb2 h5 35.Qc1 h4 36.a4 f5 37.Qd2 Kg6 38.Qd3 Kf6 39.c4 g4 40.fxg4 fxg4 41.cxd5 cxd5 42.Qd2 Kg6 43.c4 g3+ 44.Kf1 Qe4 45.cxd5 h3 0-1 |
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| Dec-13-19 | | SymphonicKnight: 12...Ne8!? was a strange move, which Zukertort tests by 17.e5!, but the N gets routed to e6 instead, and the position is equal by move 21. If 21.Nxd4?, then 21...Bg5! -+ Sellman missed 21...Bxb4! 22.Qxb4? Qg5!!
28.Bc3? (Qb2 was preferable), and then Qc6! should have forced 29.Qxd8+ Bxd8 30.Rxd8+ Kh7 31.Bxa5, which would be difficult for white to defend, but maybe possible. But 29.Qc1?? is lost. |
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| Jan-06-20 | | cameosis: does anybody have the third and final match game to complete it? thanks a lot! |
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Jan-08-20
 | | mifralu: < Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper and Di Felice give the result as +2-1 for Zukertort, and the date as 1884. Both the Jan. 1884 issue of the Chess Monthly and the Feb. 1884 issue of British Chess Magazine give the result of 2 games (+1-1) and the date of the first game as 14 Dec. 1883. Neither mentions a third game. >http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m813... |
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| Jan-08-20 | | cameosis: <mifralu> thanks, i had already checked that -- however: Alexander G Sellman <Apr-03-13 Nosnibor: Sellman played a short match against Zukertort in December 1883 at the Baltimore Chess Club. The game shown in the db is the first game in the match.Zukertort went on to win the remaining two games thus taking the contest by two games to one.I will shortly submit one of these games if there is a demand for it.> |
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| Jan-08-20 | | cameosis: i have sent corrections to edochess in a different matter, where the match treybal - hromadka is attributed to frantisek treybal, albeit in fact it is karel treybal who played the 11 games with karel hromadka (the error is replicated everywhere online), so until i see primary sources corroborating that there were only two games, i'll keep my hopes up for the third. |
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| Jan-10-20 | | cameosis: john henry ellis states that there were 5 games in total, zukertort winning by 3-1 with 1 draw: https://archive.org/details/chesssp... |
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Nov-12-21
| | jnpope: Mystery solved. Two games only. Period. Full stop. Don't believe anything else. From Sellman's own column comes: <The second match game between Messrs. Zukertort and Sellman was played last Monday afternoon and evening, and resulted in a victory for Dr. Zukertort on the 45th move. The game was a specimen of the "Ruy Lopez," opened by Mr. Sellman, and up to a certain point had all the appearance of a draw, but, eventually Mr. Sellman made an error which involved the loss of a valuable Pawn, and Dr. Zukertort, taking advantage of it, held on tenaciously to the end. With this game ended the contest, which resulted in each player scoring a game.<Baltimore American, 1883.12.25, Supplement, p3>> |
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