In spite of the term “unusual interest” being used by the American Chess Bulletin the magazine’s coverage was scant with only the standings and one game given. The games were contested on the cool and commodious roof garden of the Tampa Chess Club.
The tournament was won by Wilbur L. Moorman (January 9, 1859 – September 7, 19294, 75 years old) of Lynchburg, Virginia. He was a former Virginia state chess and checkers champion.
Moorman was a Lynchburg, Virginia tobacconist and one of the largest owners of real estate in that area. He came from a prominent family that was part of the Quaker community that originally settled in Lynchburg. He died while going over chess puzzles.
The favorite, Jackson W. Showalter (February 5, 1859 – February 5, 1935, 76 years old) held the US Championship on several occasions from the 1890s to 1909.
He was a regular participant in major international events from 1893 to 1904, scoring wins over World Champions Wilhelm Steinitz and Emanuel Lasker among other notables. However, in this tournament he was in poor form.
Judge Stephen Fitz-James Trub (June 28, 1857 – February 28, 1928m 70 years old) was for several years an attorney in Louisville, Kentucky. He died in a hospital in Fort Myers, Florida.
Trabue was born in Kentucky and attended the University of Virginia. For the last 20 years he lived in Florida, where he served as a judge in Charlotte county (located on Florida’s west coast between Sarasota and Fort Meyers). He started off well in this tournament, but fell off after the first lap.
Nothing is known of Nestor Hernandez except that he was a a Cuban living in Tampa, Florida.
Wilbur L. Moorman–Jackson W. Showalter1–0D09Quadrangular, Tampa, Florida1917Stockfish 16
D09: Albin Counter Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 A rare response to the Queen's
Gambit. In exchange for the sacrificed P black has a central wedge at d4 and
gets some chances for an attack. Often white will try to return the P at an
opportune moment to gain a positional advantage. 3.dxe5 The only other
repkly worth considering is 3.e3 3.e3 dxc4 4.xc4 exd4 5.exd4 f6 6.f3
etc/ 3...d4 4.f3 c6 5.g3 e6 6.bd2 d7 7.g2 b4 7...f6 8.exf6 xf6 9.0-0 h3 10.b3 0-0-0 White is slightly better. Gligoric,S (2575)
-Ljubojevic,L (2615) Ljubljana 1975 8.0-0 h6 Rather pointless as Ng5 is
not a threat. The problem is that black's position is already difficult and
it's hard to suggest a really good plan. 8...ge7 9.e4 g6 10.c2 f5 11.d1 gxe5 12.xe5 xe5 13.c5 0-0-0 White is winning. Dworakowska,J (2316)
-Grigoryan,M (2037) Heraklion GRE 2007 8...xd2 seems best, but after 9.xd2 xc4 10.g5 d5 11.h3 e7 12.c1 White is better. Note that the
r-Pawn is immune... xe5 12...xe5 13.f4 f6 14.e4 e6 15.xe6 fxe6 16.b3 White is winning. 13.e4 dxe3 14.xe3 c6 15.e1 h6 16.d4 is
decisive. 9.b3 b8 Black intends Q-side play with ...b5, but the plan
turns out to be a very bad idea. More to the point was 9...Nge7 with the
intention of ...O-O. Black's K in the center is going to be the main source of
his problems. 10.d1 b5 11.xd4 Logical, but wrong. 11.e4 maintains a
significant advantage after bxc4 12.c2 e7 12...ge7 13.a3 a5 14.c5 d5 15.xe6 fxe6 16.h4 White's advantage should prove decisive. 13.a3 b5 14.c3 b8 15.e3 c5 16.a4 d3 17.exd3 xe3 18.fxe3 ge7 19.c5
with what should amount to a winning position. 11...xd4 12.xb4 xe2+? 12...c2 looks inviting, but after 13.c5 e7 13...xa1 14.c6 14.b1 bxc4 15.b3 cxb3 16.axb3 d4 17.b2 xe2+ 18.h1 0-0 19.f1 e8 20.d2
The stranded N is lost. 12...e7 and Black has nothing to worry. 13.e4 xe2+ 14.h1 xc4 with equal chances. 13.h1 e7 14.b3 a5 An attempt to
deflect the Q. 14...0-0 15.a3 c6 16.c5 White's advantage should prove
decisive. 15.xa5 0-0 15...c6 Black's attempts to snag the wayward Q
fall short. 16.a6 b4 17.a7 0-0 17...c6 18.c5 18.a3 c6 19.e3
The W has gotten away and the N is doomed. 16.b2 c6 17.a3 Aiming for
Qc5. b4 18.a4 cd4 19.xd7 xd7 20.xd4 xd4 21.e4 Black resigned.
Material loss cannot be avoided. 21.e4 c2 21...c5 22.xc5 22.ac1 g4 23.f3 1–0
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