Manhattan CC vs Franklin CC (1904)
The last encounter between American chess legends Harry Nelson Pillsbury and Frank James Marshall took place on May 30, 1904 (Decoration Day). The two were paired on the second board of the Manhattan vs. Franklin chess match at the Manhattan Chess Club. The event occurred shortly after the Cambridge Springs International Tournament (where Marshall mated Pillsbury in 23 moves) and marked the first time Pillsbury had set foot in the Manhattan club since resigning his […]
Steinitz vs Allies (1892)
John Finan Barry was a great American chess player from Boston who once challenged Jackson W. Showalter for the U.S. Championship in 1896, losing by a score of -7 +2 =4. Barry was also an excellent chess columnist and a true ambassador for the game. Additionally, he represented the United States in all but one of the famous cable matches against Great Britain from 1896 to 1911, compiling an impressive record of 6 wins, 3 […]
Morphy at the Café de la Régence
During Paul Morphy’s famous European adventures in 1858, he made several stops at the infamous Café de la Régence in Paris, France. The cafe had always been an important centerpiece in chess history, as most of the previous greats had played there at one time or another. Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, Legall de Kremeur, and Adolf Anderssen are just a few names to play at the famous cafe. It has also been documented that Benjamin Franklin, a noted chess […]
A “New” Napier Game (by John S. Hilbert)
William Ewart Napier was born in England on January 17, 1881. His family soon moved to the United States, and because they did American chess has been all the richer. Napier first played correspondence chess, participating in one of the Continental Correspondence Chess Association’s preliminary sections in 1894. When his family moved to Brooklyn, Napier, then only thirteen, looked up the one man in the city who could do more for him, in terms of […]
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