Eighth American Chess Congress (1921)
The eighth American Chess Congress was held in Atlantic City in 1921. The event was won by Dawid Janowski, followed by Norman Whitaker, Jaffe, etc. There were 12 players: Samuel Factor, Hago, Harvey, Jackson, Jaffe, Janowski, Marshall, Mlotkowski, Sharp, Vladimir Sournin, Isador Turover, and Whitaker.
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Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total 1 Dawid Janowski (FRA) x 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 2 Norman Tweed Whitaker (USA) 1 x 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 3 Charles Jaffe (USA) 0 1 x 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 4 M. D. Hago (USA) ½ 0 0 x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 5 Samuel Factor (USA) ½ 0 0 ½ x ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 6 6 Frank James Marshall (USA) 0 0 1 ½ ½ x 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6 7 Vladimir Sournin (USA) ½ 1 1 0 1 0 x 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 8 Sydney T. Sharp (USA) 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 x ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 9 Isador Samuel Turover (USA) 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x 1 1 ½ 5½ 10 Stasch Mlotkowski (USA) 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 x 1 1 5 11 J. B. Harvey (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 1 1 12 Edward Schuyler Jackson (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 x 1
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