Albert Beauregard Hodges vs. Jackson Whipps Showalter Match
May 14 - June 20, 1894
Brooklyn, NY


           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Hodges     1 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 +5-3=1
Showalter  0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 +3-5=1

  • A rematch of their first match fought earlier in 1894. This time Hodges won +5-3=1, and became US Champion.

  • The time control was 15 moves an hour, the stakes were $100 per side.

  • Victory went to the first player to score 11 wins combined, from both this and the previous match. In other words, the score from the first match carried over to the official score of this match. Since Showalter scored +7-6=4 in the first match, the official result of this match is +11-10=5 for Hodges.

  • Hodges announced that his ambitions in chess had been fulfilled, and that he was retiring to pursue a career in business. Like Lipschutz before him, he vacated the title, and again, Showalter re-claimed it, helping affirm his claim by finishing 3rd (and as the top American) at New York, 1894.

  • In addition to his reign as US Champion, Hodges main claim to fame was playing inside Ajeeb, the 19th century chess automaton.

  • Hodges (1861-1944) was successful in business, but remained a long-time patron and occasional player of chess, and was a frequent visitor to US Championship tournaments in the 1930's.

    [Event "Showalter - Hodges US Championship Rematch"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1894.05.14"] [EventDate "1894.05.14"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Albert Hodges"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "104"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.c3 Nc5 9.f4 f6 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.b4 Ne6 12.b5 Ncxd4 13.cxd4 d5 14.Bb3 f5 15.Nc3 c6 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Be3 Bb7 18.Rf3 g6 19.Rh3 Qd7 20.Qf3 Rf7 21.Rd1 Rg8 22. Ne2 Bd8 23.Kh1 Bc8 24.Rc1 Bb7 25.Ba4 Qe8 26.Bd2 Bb6 27.Qd3 Rc7 28.Rf3 Qc8 29.Bb4 Ba6 30.Qd1 Bxe2 31.Qxe2 Nxd4 32.Qd1 Nxf3 33.Qxf3 c5 34.Be1 Qe6 35. Bh4 Rgc8 36.Bf6+ Kg8 37.h4 h5 38.Qg3 Kh7 39.Qg5 Rf7 40.g4 Rxf6 41.Qxf6 Qxf6 42.exf6 fxg4 43.Re1 Rf8 44.Re7+ Kh6 45.Rd7 d4 46.Bb3 Bd8 47.Rxa7 Bxf6 48.Rc7 Bxh4 49.Rxc5 Bg3 50.Rd5 Bxf4 51.Rxd4 Be3 52.Rd7 h4 0-1 [Event "Showalter - Hodges US Championship Rematch"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1894.05.25"] [EventDate "1894.05.14"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Albert Hodges"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Qe7 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 Bb6 8.d5 Nb8 9.Bd3 c6 10.Nbd2 d6 11.c4 Nbd7 12.Nb3 Rd8 13.a4 a5 14.Bd2 Nf8 15.Qe1 Qc7 16.h3 Ng6 17.Kh2 Nh5 18.g3 Rf8 19.Qd1 f5 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.exf5 Ne7 22.g4 cxd5 23.cxd5 Nexd5 24.Rc1 Qe7 25.Bc4 Kh8 26.Bxa5 Bxa5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 Qxg5 29.Nxa5 Qf4+ 30.Kg1 Qb4 31.Nc4 Ra6 32.Rfd1 h5 33.Nxd6 hxg4 34.Rc4 Qxb2 35.Rxg4 g6 36.Nxc8 gxf5 37.Rh4+ Kg7 38.Qd7+ Rf7 39.Rh7+ Kxh7 40.Qxf7+ Kh6 41.Nd6 1-0 [Event "Showalter - Hodges US Championship Rematch"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1894.05.27"] [EventDate "1894.05.14"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Albert Hodges"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 dxe4 5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Qd7 8.O-O Nf6 9.d3 exd3 10.Bxd3 Bb7 11.Qb3 O-O-O 12.Bc4 Nd5 13.Nd2 Qf5 14.Nf3 Bc5 15.a4 h5 16.a5 h4 17.h3 g5 18.Ra4 Rdg8 19.Be2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 gxf4 21.a6 Ba8 22.Kh1 Qg6 23.Ne1 Re8 24.Bg4+ f5 25.Qc2 Kb8 26.Bxf5 Qh6 27.Nd3 Bb6 28.Rxf4 c5 29.Bg4 Be4 30.Rxe4 Rxe4 31.Nxc5 Rxg4 32.Nd7+ Ka8 33.hxg4 h3 34.Qe4+ c6 35.g3 h2 36.Rd1 Bxf2 37.g5 1-0 [Event "Showalter - Hodges US Championship Rematch"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1894.06.02"] [EventDate "1894.05.14"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Albert Hodges"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "103"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Qe7 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 Bb6 8.d5 Nb8 9.Nbd2 c6 10.Bd3 d6 11.c4 Nbd7 12.Nb3 Re8 13.Bd2 Nf8 14.a4 a5 15.Qe1 Bg4 16.Nxa5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nh5 18.Kh1 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Nb3 Qh4 21.Qe2 Re5 22. Rg1 cxd5 23.cxd5 Rh5 24.Rg2 Ng6 25.Qf1 Qh3 26.Be2 Ne5 27.a5 Bd8 28.Nd4 h6 29.b4 Kh7 30.Ra3 Bf6 31.Rb3 Nd7 32.Nf5 Be5 33.Qc1 Nf8 34.Qc7 Ng6 35.Qxf7 Rg5 36.Bf1 Rf8 37.Qxb7 Qh5 38.Qc6 Nh4 39.Nxh4 Qxh4 40.Qc2 Rf6 41.Rxg5 hxg5 42.h3 g4 43.fxg4 f3 44.Qd2 Bf4 45.Qe1 Be5 46.Rd3 Rf4 47.a6 Qe7 48.Ra3 Rxg4 49.Rxf3 Rg6 50.Qe3 Qc7 51.a7 Qb7 52.Rf8 1-0 [Event "Showalter - Hodges US Championship Rematch"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1894.06.06"] [EventDate "1894.05.14"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Albert Hodges"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "114"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 Bf8 12.Qd2 d5 13.Rae1 Rb8 14.a3 Bd6 15.f3 Nh5 16.exd5 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Qh4 18.g4 Ng3+ 19.Kg2 Nxf1 20.Rxf1 Be3 21.Qe1 Qh6 22.Qg3 Bd4 23.Bc1 Be3 24.g5 Qh5 25.Bxe3 Rxe3 26.Ne4 cxd5 27.Nf6+ gxf6 28. gxf6+ Bg4 29.Qxg4+ Qxg4+ 30.fxg4 Re5 31.Rf3 h5 32.Rg3 Rg5 33.gxh5 Rxg3+ 34.hxg3 Rb6 35.g4 Rxf6 36.Bf5 Ra6 37.a4 Rb6 38.Kf3 Rb4 39.Ke3 a5 40.Kd3 Kf8 41.h6 c5 42.Ke3 c4 43.bxc4 Rxc4 44.Bd7 Rxc2 45.Kd4 Rh2 46.Kxd5 Rxh6 47.Kc5 Ke7 48.Bf5 Rd6 49.Be4 Kd7 50.Kb5 Kc7 51.Kxa5 Rd4 52.Bf5 Kc6 53.Bc8 Kc5 54.Bf5 f6 55.Be6 Rd8 56.Ka6 Rd6+ 57.Ka5 Rxe6 0-1 [Event "Showalter - Hodges US Championship Rematch"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1894.06.11"] [EventDate "1894.05.14"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Hodges"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "145"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Qe7 6.Qe2 O-O 7.Nbd2 d6 8.Nf1 a6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Ng3 Re8 11.O-O Bb6 12.Kh1 c5 13.Nh4 Kh8 14.Nhf5 Qf8 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ng8 17.Qd2 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 c4 19.Rae1 cxd3 20.Qxd3 f6 21.Qh3 Ne7 22.Nh4 Qg8 23.Bc1 Qxa2 24.Rf3 Rad8 25.Qg4 Qf7 26.Rh3 Bf2 27.Rf1 Bxh4 28. Qxh4 Qg8 29.Rg3 Qf7 30.Rh3 Qg8 31.Qh5 Nc6 32.Rh4 Re5 33.Qe2 Nb8 34.Bf4 Re7 35.Be3 Rde8 36.Ba7 Nd7 37.Qxa6 Ra8 38.Qb7 c5 39.e5 Qe8 40.exd6 Rf7 41.Bb6 Rb8 42.Re4 Qf8 43.Qc7 Rxb6 44.Re7 Rxe7 45.dxe7 Qe8 46.Rd1 Qxe7 47.Qxd7 Qxd7 48.Rxd7 Kg8 49.Rd2 Kf7 50.Kg1 Ke6 51.Kf2 g5 52.Ke3 h5 53.Rf2 Rd6 54. b3 h4 55.b4 Ke5 56.bxc5 Rd5 57.c4 Rxc5 58.Kd3 f5 59.Re2+ Kf6 60.Kd4 Rc8 61.c5 g4 62.Kd5 Rd8+ 63.Kc4 f4 64.c6 Kf5 65.Rc2 f3 66.gxf3 gxf3 67.c7 Rc8 68.Kd4 Ke6 69.Ke3 Kd7 70.Kxf3 Rxc7 71.Rxc7+ Kxc7 72.Kg4 Kd6 73.Kxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Showalter - Hodges US Championship Rematch"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1894.06.15"] [EventDate "1894.05.14"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Albert Hodges"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Qd3 Bf8 12.Rae1 c5 13.Nde2 Bc6 14.Ng3 g6 15.f4 Bg7 16.f5 Ng4 17.Nd1 Qh4 18.h3 Bxb2 19.Nxb2 Nf6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Qf3 Re6 22.Nd3 Rae8 23.c4 R8e7 24.Nf4 Bxe4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Nd5 Nh7 28.g3 Ng5 29.gxh4 Nxf3+ 30.Rxf3 Re2 31.Rf2 Re1+ 32.Kg2 c6 33.Nf6+ Kg7 34. Nd7 Re3 1-0 [Event "Showalter - Hodges US Championship Rematch"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1894.06.18"] [EventDate "1894.05.14"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Albert Hodges"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Qe7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 Bb6 8.d5 Nb8 9.Bd3 c6 10.c4 d6 11.Kh1 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Nc5 13.Bc2 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Bg5 Ba5 17.Nd2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 h6 19.Bh4 Bh7 20.f3 g5 21.Bf2 Ncd7 22.Rb1 Rfb8 23.h4 c5 24.Be3 Ne8 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Rf2 Nf8 27.Rh2 Ng6 28.Qf1 f6 29. Qh3 b6 30.Ba4 Rc8 31.Kg2 Nh4+ 32.Kf2 Rc7 33.Nf1 Bg6 34.Ng3 Qf8 35.Nf5 Bxf5 36.gxf5 Rh7 37.Qg4 Qg7 38.Rg1 Kf7 39.Rgh1 Nc7 40.Ke2 Rah8 41.Bf2 Rh5 42. Bxh4 gxh4 43.Rg1 Rg5 0-1 [Event "Showalter - Hodges US Championship Rematch"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1894.06.20"] [EventDate "1894.05.14"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Albert Hodges"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "102"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Qd3 Bf8 12.Rae1 c5 13.Nde2 Bc6 14.Ng3 g6 15.f4 Bg7 16.h3 a5 17.Nd1 a4 18.f5 axb3 19.axb3 Rb8 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Qf3 Re6 22. Ne3 Qf8 23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.Bxg7 Qxg7 25.Qxg4 Rbe8 26.Rf4 f5 27.Qg5 Re5 28.Ref1 fxe4 29.Qg4 Bd7 30.Qe2 d5 31.Qa6 Rg5 32.Kh2 Qc3 33.Ne2 Qe5 34.Kh1 Qd6 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36.Rf6 Bb5 37.c4 dxc4 38.Nc3 cxb3 39.Nxb5 d5 40.Nc7 Rc8 41.Ne6 Rf5 42.Rxg6+ Kf7 43.Rxf5+ Kxg6 44.Rxd5 b2 45.Nf4+ Kf6 46.Rd1 Ra8 47.Nd5+ Ke5 48.Nc3 Ra1 49.Nb1 c4 50.Rg1 Rxb1 51.Rxb1 c3 0-1

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