- Albert Hodges
Albert Beauregard Hodges (
21 July 1861 -3 February 1944 ) was an Americanchess master.Chess career
As one of the most well-known American chess players of the late 19th centuriy, Hodges played an important role in transforming chess from a pleasant pastime into a social institution. [ [http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3220-2 McFarland - Publisher of Reference and Scholarly Books ] ]
In 1894, he lost a match to Jackson Whipps Showalter (8 : 10), and won a rematch (5.5 : 3.5), both in New York. Hodges became U.S. Champion, but announced that his ambitions in chess had been fulfilled, and that he was retiring to pursue a career in business. In addition to his reign as U.S. Champion, Hodges main claim to fame was playing inside
Ajeeb , the 19th century chess automaton. [ [http://members.aol.com/graemecree/chesschamps/us/1894b.htm Hodges vs. Showalter Match, 1894 ] ]At the beginning of his career, he lost a match to
Max Judd (3 : 6) at St. Louis 1887, won at Chittenango 1890, shared 2nd, behind Hanham, at Skaneateles 1891, won a match againstEugene Delmar (5 : 0) at Skaneateles 1892, drew a match withAdolf Albin (4 : 4) at New York 1893, won at New York 1893, took 2nd, behindHarry Nelson Pillsbury , at New York 1893, took 3rd at Skaneateles 1895 ("Quadrangular"), took 2nd at Thousand Islands 1897 (Pillsbury won), took 3rd at New York 1900 (Samuel Lipschütz won), and tied for 14-15th at Cambridge Springs 1904 (Frank James Marshall won). [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ]Hodges participated seven times in cable matches between USA and England (1902-1911), and played several times for
Manhattan Chess Club in friendly matches againstChicago CC and Franklin CC ofPennsylvania in the early 20th century.He tied for 9-10th at New York 1911 (Marshall won), tied for 5-6th at New York 1914 (
Edward Lasker won), tied for 7-8th at New York 1915 (José Raúl Capablanca , tied for 10-11th at New York 1916 (Capablanca won), took 4th at New York 1921 ("Quadrangular"), and took 11th at Lake Hopatcong 1923 (the 9thAmerican Chess Congress , Marshall andAbraham Kupchik won). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]External links
* [http://www.chessgames.com/player/albert_hodges.html Chess games of Albert Hodges]
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