Eugene Delmar

Eugene Delmar ( born September 12, 1841 in New York City; † February 22, 1909 ibid ) was one of the leading U.S. chess champion of the 19th century.

Chess career

Delmar was a four-time champion of the State of New York (1890, 1891, 1895 and 1897). He played in 1879 a competition in New York with eight games against Samuel Loyd and won 6:2 ( 5, -1, = 2). In the fifth United States Congress in 1880, he was sixth out of 10 players with 9.5 points from 18 games. Once again in New York in 1888, he played a match with eight games against Samuel Lipschutz and won 5:3 ( 5, -3, = 0). In the sixth United States Congress in 1889, he was ninth out of 20 players with 18 points from 38 games. When revenge competition in New York in 1890 he was defeated in thirteen games against Samuel Lipschutz 4,5:8,5 ( 3, -7, = 3). Clearly he lost in Skaneateles in 1892 a match against Albert Beauregard Hodges, all five games he lost. Not much better he played in the tournament in Manhattan in 1893: he was the last to ten players with 2.5 points from nine games. At the show in New York in 1893, where Emanuel Lasker won with 13 points from 13 games, he was after all shared 3 - 5th ( after fine Evaluation fifth) with 8 points from 13 games. Briefly he lost in New York in 1893 a match against Carl August Walbrodt with 5:6 ( 4, -5, = 2). At the show in New York in 1894, in which William Steinitz won, he was on the 5th - 6th Course ( after fine summary sixth) with 5 points over 10 games. He clearly lost in New York in 1894 with a match against Adolf Albin 2:5 ( 2, -5, = 0). In a very strong field tournament in Cambridge Springs 1904, he was the last to sixteen players with 4.5 points from 15 games.

His best historical Elo rating was 2658 in July 1886 that he was in sixth place in the world rankings.