U.S. Chess Championship - Match Champions 1889-1935

Match Champions 1889-1935

S. Lipschütz is regarded as the first US Champion of this period, as a result of being the top-scoring American at the sixth American Chess Congress, New York 1889. The following US Champions until 1909 were decided by matches.

	Year	Winner	Loser	Result	Notes
1	1890	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	Lipschütz, S.S. Lipschütz	unknown	The match may have not taken place or may not have been completed.
2	1890	Judd, MaxMax Judd	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	+7 -3 =0
3	1892	Lipschütz, SamuelSamuel Lipschütz	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	+7 -1 =7
4	1891-2	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	Judd, MaxMax Judd	+7 -4 =3	The final game was delayed until January 1892 because Judd was ill.
5	1894	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	Hodges, AlbertAlbert Hodges	+7 -6 =4	Prior to the last game the players agreed to extend the match. Many sources classify this as the first of two matches instead of one extended match.
6	1894	Hodges, AlbertAlbert Hodges	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	+5 -3 =1	Can be considered a match extension or a new match.
7	1895	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	Lipschütz, S.S. Lipschütz	+7 -4 =3
8	1896	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	Kemény, EmilEmil Kemény	+7 -4 =4
9	1896	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	Barry, JohnJohn Barry	+7 -2 =4
10	1897	Pillsbury, HarryHarry Pillsbury	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	+10 -7 =3
11	1898	Pillsbury, HarryHarry Pillsbury	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	+7 -2 =2
12	1909	Marshall, FrankFrank Marshall	Showalter, JacksonJackson Showalter	+7 -2 =3	Title reverted to Showalter after Pillsbury's death in 1906.
13	1923	Marshall, FrankFrank Marshall	Lasker, EdwardEdward Lasker	+5 -4 =9	Marshall declined to play in the invitational tournament that began in 1936.