February 24 1907
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, February 24, 1907
Newnes Chess Trophy Regained by British.
Americans Lose Ninth Cable Match, After Uphill Struggle in Final Session.
First Defeat For Barry.
C. S. Howell and S. W. Bampton Get Eagle Prizes—Score,
5½ to 4½.
Despite a hard, uphill struggle on the part of the American players in the last portion of the International cable chess match, yesterday afternoon, Great Britain's representative in London emerged victorious by the score of 5½ points to 4½, thereby recapturing the silver trophy of Sir George Newnes, which had been in the custody of the Brooklyn Chess Club since the year 1899. It was a hopeless task the Americans had to perform, after the bad start on Friday, when two clear points were lost to this side through the remarkable mishaps that befell two of the Philadelphians. As reported yesterday afternoon, Bampton and Voigt, the other Quakers on the team, retrieved their city's credit to a large extent, the former winning in brilliant style and the latter drawing against the famous Blackburne.
John F. Barry struggled with determination to stave off defeat at the hands of Atkins, but the New Englander eventually succumbed after 64 moves. It was his first defeat in the entire series. G H. Wolbrecht proved to have the very staying powers for which he was selected to play on the team, and the St. Louis man succeeded, although a pawn down, in drawing with Dr. Holmes, of Liverpool. Hodges still remains unbeaten. Yesterday, the Staten Islander, after vainly trying to circumvent Lawrence, who twice played Pillsbury to a standstill, was obliged to abandon the effort and agree to a draw. Hodges played sterling chess throughout the two days of the match.
The only hope then rested in Fox, former champion of the local club, and he prolonged his game with Lee for 66 moves endeavoring to catch the professional off his guard. The position obviously was draw, and so it was registered. This left America's score 4½ out of a possible 10 and the verdict went to John Bull. Five of the games were drawn, two games were won for America by Howell and Bampton, and three for Great Britain by Atkins, Richmond and Wainwright.
After the cessation of hostilities, the usual formal greetings were exchanged, the first of which to the other side reading as follows:
“American players congratulate your team on victory.”
This was at once followed by one from President J. Herbert Watson, of the Brooklyn Chess Club, to Sir George Newnes:
“We regretfully return trophy, but hope to see it here next year.”
Sir George acknowledged the message in the following cablegram:
“Glad to see cup again: do your best to recapture it.”
Before the crowd had dispersed here, the following message came in from C. S. Howell:
“Congratulations to Bampton. You have lost to a fine team.”
The appended summary of the match gives the pairings and the results of the games at each board:
Boards America Great Britain 1. Marshall ....... ½ Burn ......... ½ 2. Barry .......... 0 Atkins ....... 1 3. Hodges ......... ½ Lawrence ..... ½ 4. Voigt .......... ½ Blackburne ... ½ 5. Morgan ......... 0 Richmond ..... 1 6. Fox ............ ½ Lee .......... ½ 7. Bampton ........ 1 Ward ......... 0 8. Wolbrecht ...... ½ Holmes ....... ½ 9. Howell ......... 1 Michell ...... 0 10. Robinson ...... 0 Wainwright ... 1 Totals ............ 4½ 5½
The number of moves made at each board were, as follows: 30, 64, 52, 42, 16, 66, 43, 44, 21, 31; average, 40.9.
The record of the series now shows America to have won five times—viz., in 1896, 1899, 1900, 1902 and 1903. Great Britain is credited with victories in 1897, 1898 and 1907. There was a tie in 1901, which broke the American sequence. No matches were contested in the intervening years.
C. S. Howell, ex-champion of the Brooklyn Chess Club, who defeated R. P. Michell so decisively in London, Friday morning, and S. Warren Bampton, leader in the pending championship tournament of the Franklin Chess Club, of Philadelphia, who picked a splendid win out of what appeared to be a drawn position in his game with W. Ward, the City of London Chess Club champion, are entitled to the two special prizes of $30 and $20, respectively, donated by the Brooklyn Dally Eagle for the two best games won by Americans. As to which of these players deserves the first prize is an open question, for both games are clearly masterly specimens of chess play. The matter will remain open until a committee of experts has had an opportunity to pass upon the merits of the games, whereupon the cable match committee of the Brooklyn Chess Club will announce its decision. The complete score of the Bampton-Ward came was printed yesterday afternoon. The moves of Howell's encounter have been cabled to the Eagle from the other side, and are appended herewith.
Samuel Warren Bampton vs William Ward
9th Anglo-American Cable Match (1907), London ENG / New York NY, rd 1, Feb-22
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation. General (D37) 1-0
May 05 1907
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, May 05, 1907
The following game, played in the recent match between Franklin Chess Club and the Mercantile Library, was one of the most interesting of the occasion. Both George H. Stout and S. W. Bampton rank as leading players in their respective clubs. S. W. Bampton, as will be recalled, last February won his game played by cable in the match America vs. England, for which, he received a brilliancy prize. That game was published some time back.
Note.—All the notes excepting a and b to this game are by the winner, George H. Stout.
(a) This constitutes the Hungarian defense. It is sound, but leaves Black with a more cramped game than the regular B-B4.
(b) Quite sound and conservative, but P-B3 would give a more lasting attack, and is the better move in this position, to be followed later-by QN-Q2.
(c) Commencing a more vigorous attack.
(d) Avoiding N attack, but better to R2.
(e) To drive R away to win P.
(f) Becomes serious.
(g) Should Black capture the P he loses the game.
(h) Black seems to have no good move on account of attack from N and both Rooks, hoping to double Rs.
George H. Stout (white) vs. Samuel Warren Bampton (black)
Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?
