New York, NY, United States (10 February-7 March 1894)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wins
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Albin 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5
Delmar 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
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Format: First to five wins, draws not counting, is victor.
Time Control: 20 moves per hour.
Prize: A purse subscribed for by the Manhattan Chess Club.
Introduction
Adolf Albin, of Vienna, and Eugene Delmar, of the Manhattan Chess Club, have agreed to play a match of five games up, at the Manhattan Chess Club as soon as the Hodges-Showalter match is decided. These players will compete in a "five games up" contest at the rate of three games a week, with a time-limit of twenty moves an hour. The members of the Manhattan Chess Club, who are subscribing for a purse for the contest, are looking forward to the match with considerable interest. (1)
Sources
(1) New York Daily Tribune, 1894.01.26, p4
Kibitzing
