Samuel Warren Bampton, 1899

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February 26 1899

The Philadelphia Times, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, February 26, 1899

PENNSYLVANIA STATE TOURNEY
Sixteen Players Compete for the Honors of the Day on the 22d—Elson Versus Bampton Game. Score Tables.
The third annual tournament of the Pennsylvania State Chess Association was played at the Franklin Chess club on Washington's Birthday. Sixteen players of note—S. W. Bampton, I. P. Blakemore, Jacob Elson, W. J. Ferris, R. B. Griffith, Lewis Hopper, W. Hoopes, R. Hubbard, E. Lane, J. F. Magee, Jr., J. H. Rhoads, G. H. Stout, D. Stuart, F. Sweeney, D. Wyeth, J. W. Young—entered the list.
The first round resulted in Stuart beating Blakemore; Elson beat Bampton, Stout beat Hoopes, Hubbard and Rhoads drew, Wyeth beat Magee, Ferris beat Hopper, Griffith beat Young, Sweeney beat Lane.
In the second round Elson beat Hubbard, Ferris beat Sweeney, Stuart beat Griffith, Young beat Blakemore, Hopper beat Lane, Hampton beat Rhoads, Magee beat Hoopes, Stout beat Wyeth.
In the third round Bampton beat Hopper, Young beat Magee, Ferris heat Stuart, Hubbard beat Wyeth, Elson beat Stout, Griffith beat Sweeney.
In the fourth round Ferris beat Elson, Stuart beat Stout, Griffith beat Hubbard. Young and Bampton drew.
The result, therefore, was:
First prize—William J. Ferris.
Second prize—Jacob Elson.
Third prizes-D. Stuart, R. B. Griffith and Bampton-Young divided one of the third prizes between them.
All the prize winners are members of the Franklin Chess Club.

Elson vs. Bampton.
Played in the first round of the Pennsylvania State Chess Association.

Jacob Elson (white) vs. Samuel Warren Bampton (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. KN-B3 QN-B3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. P-Q3 P-Q3 6. B-K3 B-Q2 7. P-QB3 B-K2 8. QN-Q2 P-KR3 9. N-B N-KR2 10. N-N3 O-O 11. B-B2 Q-B 12. P-Q4 B-N5 13. P-KR3 B-Q2 14. Q-Q2 P-QN4 15. O-O B-B3 16. K-R2 N-K2 17. N-N N-N3 18. P-KB4 PxBP 19. BxP NxB 20. QxN B-K3 21. KN-B3 R-QN 22. P-K5 PxP 23. PxP B-K2 24. Q-K4 P-N3 25. N-Q4 N-N4 26. Q-K3 R-N3 27. P-KR4 N-R2 28. QxRP Q-Q 29. N-R5 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. Nd2 h6 9. Nf1 Nh7 10. Ng3 0-0 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. d4 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Qd2 b5 15. 0-0 Bf6 16. Kh2 Ne7 17. Ng1 Ng6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Be6 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Qe4 g6 25. Nd4 Ng5 26. Qe3 Rb6 27. h4 Nh7 28. Qxh6 Qd8 29. Nh5 1-0

11. … Both players are finessing for position, and with the next move, the game enters its middle phase.
13. … Black's object was to weaken White's KRP, but thereby he loses too much time himself.
24. … The only move is P to KB4 on Black's part. Move in the text enables Mr. Elson to wind game up prettily.

Score Tables.
In the Franklin tourney, Voigt is a strong favorite with 7½ to 1½ in his favor. Other scores: Bampton, 6½ to 3½; Kemeny, 6½ to 3½; Newman, 6 to 3.
In the practice tournament Griffith leads with 5½ to 1½. Other scores: Young, 3 to 1; Barrett, 4 to 2; Francis, 3 to 2.

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