Henry William Birkmyre Gifford (born 1847, Australia – 12 April 1924, Kensington, London)[1][2] was an English chess master.[3]
Biographical information on Gifford is scarce.[4] He was the first unofficial Dutch Champion when shared he shared first place with Benjamin Willem Blijdenstein[5][6] (A. H. van Blijdenstein in other sources)[7][8] and won a play-off game against him at The Hague 1873.[9][10] He shared first with A. de Lelie at Amsterdam 1874 (NED-ch) but lost a play-off game to him,[11] and again won at Rotterdam 1875 (NED-ch).[12] On 18 June 1877, he married Eliza Goldsmid in London and then moved to France.[2]
He took 11th in the Paris 1878 chess tournament (Johannes Zukertort and Szymon Winawer won),[13] and tied for 5–6th at Paris 1881 (Edward Chamier won).[14]
References edit
- ^ Henry William Birkmyre Gifford deceased, The London Gazette, 12 August 1924
- ^ a b Henry William Birkmyre Gifford at chess games.com.
- ^ Maestri dell'. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Chess Notes by Edward Winter. Chesshistory.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.albertusperk.nl/eigenperk-artikelen/2004.1%20Blijdenstein.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Chess Notes by Edward Winter. Chesshistory.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles245.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Aaron, Manuel (1935- )". Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ Haag 1873. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Edo Ratings, Gifford, H. W. B. Edochess.ca. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Edo Ratings, de Lelie, A. Edochess.ca. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived 14 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Chessmetrics.com (26 March 2005). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Paris. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01 Archived 4 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF) . Retrieved 20 October 2011.
External links edit
- H. W. B. Gifford player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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