Seventh American Chess Congress (1904)
The seventh American Chess Congress was held in St. Louis in 1904. With US Champion Harry Nelson Pillsbury ill and dying, Max Judd tried to arrange the seventh ACC, with the stipulation that the US title be awarded to the winner. Judd disputed Pillsbury's ownership of the title by challenging the legitimacy of the whole succession since the time of Mackenzie, disputing Lipschutz's claim to have acquired the title at New York 1889, and everything that had happened since then. Pillsbury, from bed objected to Judd's plans, and prevailed on his friend, the lawyer Walter Penn Shipley, to intercede. Judd's tournament was held anyway, and said to be for "The United States Tourney Championship", a title explicitly said to have no relation to the United States Championship title held by Pillsbury. The tournament was won by Frank James Marshall, ahead of Judd. There were 10 players: Louis Eisenberg, Charles Jaffe, Judd, Kemeny, Marshall, Stasch Mlotkowski, Edward F. Schrader, Eugene Wesley Schrader, Schwietzer, and Louis Uedemann. The winner was actually named U.S. Champion at the conclusion of this tournament.
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Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Total 1 Frank James Marshall (USA) x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 2 Max Judd (USA) 0 x 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 3 Louis Uedemann (USA) 0 1 x 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 4 Emil Kemény (USA) 0 0 0 x 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 5 Edward F. Schrader (USA) 0 0 0 0 x ½ 1 1 1 1 4½ 6 Louis Eisenberg (USA) 0 0 0 0 ½ x 1 1 1 1 4½ 7 Charles Jaffe (USA) 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 1 1 1 4 8 George Schwietzer (USA) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 x 0 1 3 9 Stasch Mlotkowski (USA) ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 2½ 10 Eugene W. Schrader (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 0
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