H. W. B. Gifford Explained
Henry William Birkmyre Gifford (born 1847, Australia – 12 April 1924, Kensington, London)[1] was an English chess master.[2]
Biographical information on Gifford is scarce.[3] He was the first unofficial Dutch Champion when shared he shared first place with Benjamin Willem Blijdenstein[4] [5] (A. H. van Blijdenstein in other sources)[6] [7] and won a play-off game against him at The Hague 1873.[8] [9] He shared first with A. de Lelie at Amsterdam 1874 (NED-ch) but lost a play-off game to him,[10] and again won at Rotterdam 1875 (NED-ch).[11] On 18 June 1877, he married Eliza Goldsmid in London and then moved to France.[12]
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]
Notes and References
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32964/page/6101/data.pdf Henry William Birkmyre Gifford deceased
- http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/profili/800.htm Maestri dell'
- http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter38.html Chess Notes by Edward Winter
- http://www.albertusperk.nl/eigenperk-artikelen/2004.1%20Blijdenstein.pdf
- http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter43.html Chess Notes by Edward Winter
- http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles245.pdf
- Web site: Aaron, Manuel (1935-) . 25 October 2009 . 18 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091018191723/http://us.share.geocities.com/wallw_99/trivia5.htm . dead .
- http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1873Haag.htm Haag 1873
- http://www.edochess.ca/players/p349.html Edo Ratings, Gifford, H. W. B
- http://www.edochess.ca/players/p701.html Edo Ratings, de Lelie, A
- http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
- http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16072 Henry William Birkmyre Gifford
- http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1878paris.htm Paris
- 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
