I recently purchased several of the Chess Player publications by A.J.
Gilliam for reference material on the great cable matches of the late
19th and early 20th centuries. These legendary contests were held
annually between the United States and Great Britain.

Each country was represented by the 10 best players that they could
produce at the time of the match. The best players were seated at the
highest tables and would play each other accordingly in a single
game. The winning country was given the coveted Anglo-American
trophy ..........

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On Apr 14, 2:11*pm, RookHouse wrote:
I recently purchased several of the Chess Player publications by A.J.
Gilliam for reference material on the great cable matches of the late
19th and early 20th centuries. *These legendary contests were held
annually between the United States and Great Britain.

Each country was represented by the 10 best players that they could
produce at the time of the match. *The best players were seated at the
highest tables and would play each other accordingly in a single
game. *The winning country was given the coveted Anglo-American
trophy ..........

Click here to read the whole article:http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=173

I had the impression that by 1897 the Gringmuth code had become
standard for cable matches. Does Gillam say specifically that the
Reichhelm code was used for the USA-GB matches?

On Apr 14, 6:30*pm, wrote:

* I had the impression that by 1897 the Gringmuth code had become
standard for cable matches. Does Gillam say specifically that the
Reichhelm code was used for the USA-GB matches?

No, Gilliam does not mention this particular notation by name. I
merely mentioned his publications as a prelude to the cable match
discussion, as well as the interesting form of notation created by Mr.
Reichhelm.

I know the Gringmuth code was created in 1886 and the cable matches
were from 1895 to 1911, but my literature does not specify the
notation used in these events. I will research this further.

Thanks