Jackson Whipps Showalter vs. Jacob C. Halpern Match
? 1893 - January 6, 1894
New York, NY


            1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Showalter   0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1  5 (w/ 1 draw)
Halpern     1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0  3 (w/ 1 draw)

  • Showalter was White in the odd-numbered games. The match conditions were apparently the first to win 5 games (though it might possibly have been a Best of 10).

  • The match was played at the Manhattan Cafe.

  • New York Times report on the final game:

    NEW YORK TIMES
    Sunday, January 7, 1894
    page 3, column 6
    SHOWALTER WON THE MATCH.
    Defeated Evans After Thirty-Seven
    Moves in a Brilliant Game.
       The chess match between J.W. Showalter and J.
    Halpern was finished last night at the Manhattan
    Cafe, when Showalter won a brilliant Evans gambit
    after thirty-seven moves. The game:

    [Game score and final position follow]

    [Event "Match"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1894.01.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Showalter, J.W."] [Black "Halpern, J.A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C52"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Bb5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. cxd4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. e5 Ne7 13. Bg5 d5 14. Na3 Qd7 15. Rac1 Nf5 16. Nc2 Bb6 17. Rfe1 O-O 18. Qg4 Qe6 19. Bf6 Kh8 20. Ne3 gxf6 21. Nxf5 Rg8 22. Qf4 fxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf6 24. Qe3 Rab8 25. g3 Rgd8 26. Re1 Rf8 27. Rc1 Rbd8 28. Kg2 a5 29. a4 Kg8 30. Rxc6 Rd6 31. Nxd6 cxd6 32. Qg5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxd5 Bd8 35. Rcxd6 Be7 36. Rd7 Bb4 37. Rd8 1-0

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