Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs. Jackson Whipps Showalter Match
February 10 - April 14, 1897
Brooklyn, NY


           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
Pillsbury  ˝ ˝ 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 ˝ 1 0 1 0 1 1  10 (w/3 draws)
Showalter  ˝ ˝ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ˝ 0 1 0 1 0 0   8 (w/3 draws)

  • Victory was to go to the first player to win 7 games. In the event of a 6-6 tie, victory would go to the first player to win 10 games (with a final tie if the score reaches 9-9).

  • Harry Nelson Pillsbury was an enigmatic figure in US Chess History. Another world championship caliber player lost prematurely, in the grand tradition of Morphy and Fischer. Learning the moves at the age of 16, his victory at Hastings 1895 and strong showing at Saint Petersburg 1895 at the age of 22, led him to be considered a serious challenger for World Champion Emanuel Lasker.

  • In an unusual turn of events, it was Showalter who challenged Pillsbury to this match, feeling that Pillsbury's European successes seriously undermined his claim to be the best US player.

  • Pillsbury agreed to play the match, but did not want the title of US Champion, leaving it in Showalter's possession after the match was over. As Pillsbury had said beforehand: "I was not seeking the match, and even if I should win I shall leave Showalter in possession of the title; I am not in search of any title but one." The match articles of agreement duly made no mention of the match being for the US Title, though in the minds of some onlookers it was, just the same. The British Chess Monthly, for example, reported that Pillsbury became uS Champion upon winning this match.

  • Pillsbury won the match all right, but Showalter did much better than anyone had expected him to do. Pre-match predictions ranged anywhere from a 7-0 to a 7-3 victory for Pillsbury. As a result, this was one of those rare matches (similar to Karpov-Korchnoi 1978 and Fischer-Spassky 1992) in which the winner was the one who found his reputation taking a hit. Losing 8 games to Showalter was a blow to those attempting to help arrange a Lasker-Pillsbury World Championship Match. The American Chess Magazine did damage control, thusly:

    "The result was somewhat disappointing for Pillsbury’s admirers, especially for those who want to bring about a match between him and Lasker. While Showalter’s score is looked upon by many as a “moral” victory, we do not think that Pillsbury has impaired his chances for a match with Lasker. All he has to do is to win a big international event and Lasker must come to the scratch. As for Showalter, he has proven a better player than he has been given credit for."

  • Play was conducted at the Hamilton Club in Brooklyn. Stakes were $1000 per side.

  • As to the level of play, the American Chess Magazine wrote this: "The chess played in this match, as a rule, is of a high order. Pillsbury’s conduct of some of the games is a model one, while in others he proved rather venturesome, and, contrary to his style, he often gave up a Pawn for a future attack. Showalter played with his wonted pluck and ingenuity, exhibiting great power of resource. His fondness for a King’s side attack by Queen and Knight is noticeable."

    [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.02.10"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "C71"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "70"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Bc2 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Nc4 Bc6 12.Qxd8 Raxd8 13.f3 Nd7 14.Na5 Nb8 15.Be3 b6 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Ke2 Rd7 18.Bd3 Nb8 19.a4 Rfd8 20.Rhd1 a5 21.Rd2 h6 22.g3 Kf8 23.Rad1 Bc5 24.Bxc5+ bxc5 25.Bb5 Rxd2+ 26.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Ke7 28.f4 c6 29.Bc4 Nd7 30.Ke3 Nb6 31.b3 Nxc4+ 32.bxc4 Ke6 33.h4 h5 34.Kf3 g6 35.Ke3 Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.02.11"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "153"] 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.f4 Nb4 5.Nf3 Nxd3+ 6.cxd3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bd2 b6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Na4 Nd7 12.b4 Rc8 13.Qb3 Ba6 14.b5 Bb7 15.Nb2 c5 16.bxc6 Rxc6 17.Rxc6 Bxc6 18.Rc1 Qa8 19.Bb4 Bxb4 20.Qxb4 Rc8 21.Qe7 Bb5 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.Ng5 Qf8 24.Qxf8+ Nxf8 25.Kf2 f6 26.Nf3 Kf7 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.Kd2 Kd6 29.Nd1 Bc6 30.Nf2 Nd7 31.Kc3 a5 32.g4 b5 33.a3 Nb8 34.h4 Be8 35.e4 Nc6 36.e5+ Ke7 37.Nd2 b4+ 38.axb4 axb4+ 39.Kb3 Nxd4+ 40.Kxb4 fxe5 41.Kc5 Nc6 42.fxe5 Nxe5 43.d4 Nd7+ 44.Kb4 Kf6 45.Kc3 h5 46.gxh5 Bxh5 47.Kd3 Kf5 48.Ke3 Nf6 49.Nf3 Ng4+ 50.Nxg4 Kxg4 51.Ng5 Kf5 52.Nh3 Bd1 53.Nf2 Bc2 54.Kf3 e5 55.dxe5 Be4+ 56.Kg3 Kxe5 57.Kg4 Bc2 58.h5 d4 59.Kg5 Ke6 60.h6 gxh6+ 61.Kxh6 Kf5 62.Kg7 Kf4 63.Kf6 Bf5 64.Ke7 Kf3 65.Nd1 d3 66.Kf6 Kf4 67.Ke7 d2 68.Kd6 Ke4 69.Kc5 Bg4 70.Nb2 Be2 71.Kb4 Kd4 72.Kb3 Bd3 73.Nd1 Bg6 74.Nb2 Bf5 75.Nd1 Kd3 76.Nb2+ Ke2 77.Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.02.17"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 a6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Nh6 10. O-O c6 11. d4 Qe7 12. Qe1 O-O 13. Qg3 f6 14. h3 Be6 15. Rf2 Rae8 16. Raf1 Bc8 17. Nh4 Kh8 18. d5 c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rc8 21. Qh4 Qf7 22. g4 Qe7 23. Ne4 Nf7 24. Qh5 Kg8 25. h4 h6 26. Rg2 Rc7 27. Kh1 c4 28. Rfg1 cxb3 29. cxb3 Rfc8 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Nxg5 32. Rxg5 fxg5 33. Nxg5 g6 34. Qxg6+ Qg7 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rg3 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 R8c2+ 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Ke4 Rh1 40. Qe8+ 1-0 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.02.24"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Re1 Nxb5 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbxd4 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 d6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Ne3 c5 14. Qf4 d5 15. Rad1 d4 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Nfg3 Rd5 20. c4 Re5 21. Nd2 Re8 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Qb3 b6 24. h3 f5 25. Qc2 g6 26. b3 Bf7 27. Re1 Qd7 28. Qb1 d3 29. f4 Qd4+ 30. Kh2 Qxf4 31. Qd1 h5 32. Rf1 Qh4 33. Nh1 Ng4+ 34. Kg1 Ne3 35. Nf3 Qd8 36. Qd2 Nxf1 37. Kxf1 Re2 38. Qd1 Qd6 39. Nf2 Qg3 0-1 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.02.26"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "C71"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "105"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 c5 13.Qd3 Qg4 14.Rfe1 Qh4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Rab8 17.Re3 g6 18.Qd2 Bg5 19.Qc3 f6 20.Qc4+ Kg7 21.Rh3 Qg4 22.Rg3 Qf4 23.Qd5 h6 24.Rf3 Qd2 25.Qxd2 Bxd2 26.Rd1 Bg5 27.g3 Rbe8 28.h4 Re6 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Rfd3 Rd8 31.f3 Kf7 32.Kf2 Ke7 33.Rh1 Kd7 34.Rh7+ Kc6 35.Rf7 Rh8 36.Kg2 g4 37.Rxf6 gxf3+ 38.Rdxf3 Rxe4 39.Rxd6+ Kxd6 40.Bxh8 c4 41.Kf2 cxb3 42.axb3 Re7 43.Bd4 Kd5 44.Rf4 b5 45.c4+ bxc4 46.bxc4+ Kc6 47.Rf6+ Kb7 48.Rb6+ Kc7 49.c5 Re4 50.Be3 a5 51.Bf4+ Kc8 52.c6 Rb4 53.Ra6 1-0 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.03"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "139"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Ba4 e4 7.Re1 Be7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Nc3 Nf5 10.Be3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 d6 12.Bf4 e3 13.fxe3 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Qxd1 15.Raxd1 Bc5 16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.exd4 Bb4 18.a3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Bg4 20.Rb1 b6 21.Bc6 Rab8 22.Re7 Rfc8 23.Rf1 f6 24.Bd5+ Kh8 25.Rfe1 c5 26.Bb7 Rd8 27.d5 h6 28.c4 Bf5 29.R1e2 Kh7 30.Bc6 a6 31.Ra7 b5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.c3 b4 34.axb4 cxb4 35.cxb4 Rxb4 36.Ree7 Rg4 37.h3 Rg5 38.Kf2 h5 39.Ra8 Rd6 40.Ree8 Kg6 41.Re7 Bc2 42.Raa7 Kf5 43.h4 Rg6 44.g3 Kg4 45.Rad7 Rxd7 46.Bxd7+ f5 47.Kg2 Bd3 48.Be8 Bf1+ 49.Kxf1 Rb6 50.Rxg7+ Kf3 51.Bxh5+ Ke4 52.Rd7 f4 53.gxf4 Kxf4 54.Ke2 Rb2+ 55.Kd3 Rh2 56.Re7 Kf5 57.d6 Rh3+ 58.Kc2 Rxh4 59.d7 Rd4 60.Kc3 Rd6 61.Be8 Kf6 62.Re3 Rc6+ 63.Kb4 Rd6 64.Kc5 Rd1 65.Re4 Rc1+ 66.Rc4 Rd1 67.Rd4 Rxd4 68.Kxd4 Ke7 69.Kc5 Kd8 70.Kb6 1-0 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.05"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Nc5 11.Nd4 Ne6 12.Nf5 f6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.f4 fxe5 15.Qxe5 d6 16.Qe4 d5 17.Qd3 Qd6 18.b3 a5 19.g3 Ba6 20.Qd2 Rae8 21.Bb2 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Bb7 23.Re5 Qd6 24.Rae1 d4 25.Ne4 c5 26.Kg1 Bxe4 27.R1xe4 Ng5 28.Rxg5 Rxe4 29.Qxa5 Rexf4 30.Qxc5 Rf1+ 31.Kg2 R8f2+ 32.Kh3 Qe6+ 33.Rg4 Rh1 0-1 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.06"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "45"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 exd4 7. c3 dxc3 8. Nxc3 Be7 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Rxe8 Qxe8 13. Nxc7 Qe4 14. Bd6 Rb8 15. Bc2 Qg4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qd6+ Be7 18. Re1 g6 19. Qd2 Qh5 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Qc3 f6 22. Nxf6 Ba5 23. Nxd7+ 1-0 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.09"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Ngf6 7.Bd3 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Bc2 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.O-O Bxd2 12.Nxd2 O-O 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.Rfd1 Qh5 15.Nf3 b6 16.Qe3 Bb7 17.Ne5 c5 18.f3 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Rxd4 20.Qxd4 Qg5 21.Rd1 Nh5 22.g3 g6 23.f4 Qe7 24.g4 Ng7 25.g5 Nh5 26.Ng4 Qc5 27.Nh6+ Kf8 28.Qxc5+ bxc5 29.Rd7 Bc6 30.Rxf7+ Ke8 31.Rxh7 Nxf4 32.Ba4 Nh3+ 33.Kf1 Rc8 34.Rh8+ Kd7 35.Rxc8 Kxc8 36.Bxc6 Nxg5 37.Be8 Ne4 38.Bxg6 Nd2+ 39.Ke2 Nxc4 40.Ng4 Nxb2 41.h4 Kd8 42.h5 Ke7 43.h6 Kf8 44.Ne5 Na4 45.h7 Kg7 46.Nf7 Kxg6 47.h8=Q 1-0 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.12"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "133"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 Bd7 5.exd5 Nd4 6.Qd1 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Bc4 e4 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.d4 h6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.h3 Re8 13.Be3 b5 14.g4 Nh7 15.Nd2 a5 16.Bc2 f5 17.gxf5 Bxf5 18.O-O-O Nf6 19.Rdg1 Kh8 20.Rg2 Nxd5 21.Rhg1 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Bxf4 23.Kb1 e3 24.Bxf5 exd2 25.Rxg7 Qg5 26.Rh7+ Kg8 27.Rxg5+ Bxg5 28.Be6+ Kxh7 29.Kc2 Rf8 30.h4 Bf6 31.Bf5+ Kg8 32.Qg4+ Bg7 33.Kxd2 Rf6 34.Be6+ Kf8 35.f4 h5 36.Qg2 Rd8 37.f5 b4 38.Qc6 Bh6+ 39.Kd3 Bf4 40.c4 Kg7 41.Qc5 Re8 42.d5 Be5 43.b3 Rh6 44.Ke4 Bd6 45.Qg1+ Kh7 46.c5 Be7 47.Qg3 Bd8 48.Kd4 Rf8 49.c6 Kh8 50.d6 Rh7 51.Qf4 cxd6 52.Qxd6 Be7 53.Qf4 Bd8 54.Kc4 Bc7 55.Qd4+ Rg7 56.f6 Rg6 57.f7+ Kh7 58.Qd7 Kg7 59.Bd5 Bh2 60.c7 Rg4+ 61.Kc5 Bxc7 62.Qxc7 Rxh4 63.Qe5+ Kg6 64.Be6 Rg4 65.Qf5+ Kh6 66.Kd6 Rg6 67.Ke7 1-0 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.15"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "131"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Bb1 Ne4 12. Bf4 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Ra7 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Qf5 Qf6 22. Ng4 Qxf5 23. Nxh6+ Kh7 24. Nxf5 Bxg3 25. hxg3 b5 26. Kf2 Kg6 27. Rh1 Kxf5 28. Rxh5 Rae7 29. Rh6 f6 30. Re1 a5 31. g4+ Ke6 32. f4 gxf4 33. exf4+ Kd7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Rh7+ Kd6 36. Rf7 Ke6 37. Ra7 b4 38. Rxa5 bxc3 39. Rc5 Kd6 40. Rxc3 Re4 41. g5 fxg5 42. fxg5 Rxd4 43. Re3 c5 44. g6 Ra4 45. a3 d4 46. Rg3 Ra8 47. g7 Rg8 48. Rg5 c4 49. Ke2 Ke6 50. a4 Kf6 51. Rg3 Kf5 52. a5 Kf4 53. Rf3+ Ke5 54. Rf7 d3+ 55. Kd2 Kd4 56. Rd7+ Kc5 57. a6 Re8 58. a7 Kb4 59. Rb7+ Kc5 60. Rb8 Re2+ 61. Kd1 c3 62. Rc8+ Kd4 63. Rc4+ Ke3 64. a8=Q c2+ 65. Rxc2 Re1+ 66. Kxe1 1-0 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.17"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "115"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 f6 5.Bb5 Nge7 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.O-O e4 8.c4 Qd8 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Ne1 Bf5 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.c5 Nd5 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.d4 h5 16.h4 O-O 17.Nf3 Rab8 18.Re1 Nb4 19.Re2 Rfe8 20.a3 Nd5 21.b4 Bd3 22.Re1 g6 23.Bd2 Kg7 24.Qb3 Bf5 25.Nxf5+ gxf5 26.Re2 Rg8 27.Rae1 Kh8 28.Re6 Qe8 29.g3 f4 30.Bxf4 Nxf4 31.Rxe7 Qg6 32.Qf7 Qxf7 33.Rxf7 Nd5 34.Rd7 a5 35.bxa5 Rb3 36.Nh2 Rxa3 37.Re6 Ra1+ 38.Nf1 Rg7 39.Rd8+ Rg8 40.Rxg8+ Kxg8 41.Rxc6 Kf7 42.Kg2 Ra2 43.Kf3 Ke7 44.Ne3 Kd7 45.Ra6 Nb4 46.Rxf6 Nc6 47.d5 Nd4+ 48.Ke4 Nb3 49.c6+ Ke7 50.Ke5 Nxa5 51.Nf5+ Ke8 52.Re6+ Kf8 53.f4 Nc4+ 54.Kf6 Rd2 55.Ne7 Ke8 56.Nf5+ Kf8 57.d6 cxd6 58.Ng7 1-0 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.22"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "D66"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Rc1 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O c5 12. Ne4 c4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bb1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f3 Nd6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Qd2 f6 20. Ng4 Nf7 21. e4 Rad8 22. Qe3 h5 23. Nf2 Kg7 24. Nh3 Qd6 25. Rcd1 Qb6 26. Rfe1 Rd7 27. e5 fxe5 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Rf6 30. Qxe5 Rd5 31. Qe4 e5 32. Kh1 exd4 33. Qe8 Rd8 34. Qe7+ Rf7 35. Qe5+ Qf6 36. a4 d3 37. axb5 axb5 38. Kg1 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Rd5 40. Re3 Rfd7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Rde1 R5d6 43. h4 b4 44. Rc1 Ba6 45. Ba2 Rc7 46. Bb1 c3 47. bxc3 bxc3 48. Bxd3 Rxd3 49. Rxd3 Bxd3 50. Ke3 Bf5 51. Kd4 c2 52. Ke3 Rd7 53. g4 Rd1 0-1 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.24"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "14"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "120"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O Bd7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Ne5 10. Nc3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Qf5 12. Re1 a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qc4 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Na4 Kb8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 f5 20. Be5 Nh4 21. Re3 f4 22. Bxf4 Qh3 23. Bxc7+ Ka8 24. Qg5 Rxd4 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. Bb6 Nf5 27. Qe5 Rd5 28. Qe6 Nxe3 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. fxe3 Rd2 31. Bd4 Rf8 32. Bc3 Re2 33. e4 Rd8 34. Rf1 g6 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Kb8 37. Kg3 Kc8 38. Kg4 Rf8 39. f4 Re8 40. Be5 h6 41. h4 Kd7 42. a3 Rxe5 43. fxe5 Ke6 44. Kf4 b5 45. b3 g5+ 46. hxg5 hxg5+ 47. Kxg5 Kxe5 48. a4 b4 49. a5 Kxe4 50.Kf6 Kd4 51.Ke6 Kc3 52.Kd5 Kxb3 53.Kc5 Kc3 54.Kb6 b3 55.Kxa6 b2 56.Ka7 b1=Q 57.a6 Kc4 58.Ka8 Qe4+ 59.Kb8 Qe8+ 60.Kb7 Qb5+ 0-1 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.26"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Rc1 O-O 7.Nf3 c6 8.Bf4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bg3 N7b6 11.Bb3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Ba3 13.Rc2 a5 14.Qe2 a4 15.Bc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Qd5 17.Qd3 Qb5 18.Ke2 Qxd3+ 19.Kxd3 b5 20.Rb1 f6 21.e4 Ba6 22.Ke3 Rac8 23.c4 bxc4 24.Rb6 Bb5 25.Nd2 e5 26.Nxc4 exd4+ 27.Kd3 Bb4 28.Rb7 Rf7 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Kxd4 Rd8+ 31.Ke3 g5 32.h4 h6 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Bc7 Rd1 35.e5 Bc5+ 36.Kf3 Rd3+ 37.Ne3 Bxe3 38.fxe3 f5 39.Bb6 Ke6 40.Bd4 f4 41.Ke4 Rd1 42.Rc3 fxe3 43.Bxe3 Re1 44.a3 g4 45.g3 Rf1 46.Rc1 Rxc1 47.Bxc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.29"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "16"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "56"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Re1 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Rxe4 Nfxd4 12. Ng4 Ne6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qh5 d6 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Rh4 h6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Rg4 Nd4 20. f5 Nxf5 21. Rf1 c6 22. Nc3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qc5 24. Qh3 Nfe7 25. Ne4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 f5 27. Bb3+ Kh8 28. Qxg6 fxe4 0-1 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.03.31"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "17"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "D68"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "182"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Rc1 O-O 7.Nf3 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Rxc3 e5 13.e4 exd4 14.Qxd4 b5 15.Be2 c5 16.Qd5 Rb8 17.Rd1 c4 18.Re3 Nf6 19.Qg5 h6 20.Qh4 Qb4 21.Nd4 Rb6 22.b3 Re8 23.Nc2 Qc5 24.b4 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.e5 Ng4 27.Bxg4 Bxg4 28.Rd5 Be6 29.Rd4 Bf5 30.Ne1 Rc6 31.g4 Bb1 32.a3 c3 33.Rd1 Bg6 34.Kf1 Rec8 35.Rc1 Rc4 36.e6 f6 37.e7 c2 38.Rxc2 Bxc2 39.e8=Q+ Rxe8 40.Rxe8+ Kf7 41.Ra8 Ba4 42.Rxa7+ Kg6 43.Nd3 Rxg4 44.Nc5 Bd1 45.Rd7 Bf3 46.Rd3 Bg2+ 47.Ke2 Rh4 48.Rd7 Rxh2 49.Ne6 Rh4 50.f3 Rc4 51.Rxg7+ Kf5 52.Nc7 Rc2+ 53.Ke3 Bf1 54.Kd4 Rc4+ 55.Ke3 Rc3+ 56.Kf2 Bc4 57.Re7 Rxa3 58.Ne8 Ra2+ 59.Kg3 Bf1 60.Nd6+ Kg6 61.Ne4 Rg2+ 62.Kh3 f5 63.Re6+ Kg7 64.Nc5 Rb2+ 65.Kg3 Rxb4 66.Re7+ Kg6 67.Re6+ Kh5 68.Nd7 f4+ 69.Kf2 Bh3 70.Nf6+ Kh4 71.Re5 Rb2+ 72.Kg1 g4 73.fxg4 Bxg4 74.Re8 b4 75.Rh8+ Kg3 76.Ne4+ Kf3 77.Ng5+ Ke3 78.Re8+ Kd3 79.Re4 Be2 80.Rxf4 Rb1+ 81.Kg2 b3 82.Ne6 Rc1 83.Rb4 Bf1+ 84.Kf2 Kc3 85.Rb7 b2 86.Nc5 b1=Q 87.Rxb1 Rxb1 88.Ne4+ Kd3 89.Ng3 Bh3 90.Nh5 Rf1+ 91.Kg3 Bc8 0-1 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.04.05"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "18"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 e4 7. Re1 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nc3 f6 10. Bb3+ Kh8 11. Ng6+ hxg6 12. Qg4 f5 13. Qxg6 Qe8 14. Qg3 Qh5 15. Nd5 Bh4 16. Qc3 Nb5 17. Qc5 d6 18. Qxb5 Nxd4 19. Qf1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qf7 21. c4 Kg8 22. Qe2 Be6 23. Rd1 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 a6 25. Bf4 Rac8 26. g3 Qg6 27. b4 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5 b6 31. b4 Qf6 32. Ra7 f4 33. gxf4 Qxf4 34. Qe3 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Rf3 37. Rd5 Qc2 38. Rd2 Qxc4 39. Qg5 e3 40. fxe3 Qf1# 0-1 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.04.09"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "19"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "144"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nd4 O-O 10.Nf5 d5 11.Qg4 Bxf5 12.Qxf5 Qc8 13.Qxc8 Raxc8 14.Be3 c5 15.Nd2 a5 16.f4 f5 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.b3 Kf7 19.Kf1 Ke6 20.Nf3 h6 21.c3 Rg8 22.h4 Nd8 23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4 cxb4 25.Nd4+ Kd7 26.Nxf5 c6 27.Nxe7 Kxe7 28.Bc5+ Ke6 29.Kf2 g5 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rh1 gxf4 32.Rh6+ Kf5 33.Re1 Rg6 34.Rh8 Ra8 35.Re2 Ne6 36.Rxa8 Nxc5 37.Rf8+ Ke6 38.Kf3 Nd3 39.Rf6+ Rxf6 40.exf6+ Kxf6 41.Rd2 Ne5+ 42.Kxf4 Ng6+ 43.Ke3 Ke5 44.Rf2 c5 45.g4 d4+ 46.Kd2 c4 47.g5 c3+ 48.Kc2 Ke4 49.Re2+ Kd5 50.Re8 Ne5 51.Kb3 d3 52.Rd8+ Ke4 53.Rb8 d2 54.Kc2 Nc6 55.Re8+ Kf5 56.Rf8+ Kxg5 57.Rf2 Nd4+ 58.Kd1 Nf5 59.Rxd2 Ne3+ 60.Kc1 cxd2+ 61.Kxd2 Kf4 62.Kc1 Nc4 63.Kc2 Na5 64.Kd3 Ke5 65.Ke3 Kd5 66.Kd3 Kc5 67.Kd2 Kd4 68.Kc2 Kc4 69.Kb2 Kd3 70.Kb1 Kc3 71.Kc1 Nc4 72.Kb1 Kd2 0-1 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.04.12"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "20"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "94"] 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.f4 Nb4 5.Nf3 Nxd3+ 6.cxd3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bd2 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Qa4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Ne2 Qb6 14.Qc2 Rac8 15.b3 Ba6 16.Rf3 Rfd8 17.Rh3 g6 18.Qd1 Nd7 19.Qe1 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Bxd3 21.Ba5 Qb8 22.Bxd8 Rxd8 23.Rf3 Qxe5 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.Nxc3 e5 26.Re1 e4 27.Rf2 f5 28.Na4 d4 29.exd4 cxd4 30.Nb2 Ba6 31.Rc2 d3 32.Rc6 Bb5 33.Rc7 Bd6 34.Rc4 Bxc4 35.Nxc4 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 e3 37.Rb1 Rd4 38.g3 f4 39.Ne5 e2+ 40.Ke1 Bb4+ 41.Kf2 e1=Q+ 42.Rxe1 Bxe1+ 43.Kxe1 Re4+ 44.Kd2 Rxe5 45.gxf4 Rd5 46.b4 Kf8 47.a4 Ke8 0-1 [Event "Pillsbury - Showalter US Championship"] [Site "Brooklyn, New York USA"] [Date "1897.04.14"] [EventDate "1897.02.10"] [Round "21"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bg3 N7b6 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Bd7 16. c5 Nd5 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Ne5 g6 19. Qf3 f5 20. h4 Bc6 21. Qg3 Qf6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Be5 Qd8 24. f4 Bd2 25. Rb1 Ba5 26. h5 g5 27. Rb7 Bc7 28. fxg5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxg5 30. h6 Qc1+ 31. Ke2 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 Nxe3 33. Kxe3 Kh8 34. g4 Rg8 35. Rg7 Rxg7 36. hxg7+ Kxg7 37. gxf5 exf5 38. Bxf5 h6 39. Rg1+ Kf6 40. Be4 1-0

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