H. W. B. Gifford

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
  1. Henry William Birkmyre Gifford deceased, The London Gazette, 12 August 1924
  2. Henry William Birkmyre Gifford at chess games.com.
  3. Maestri dell'. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  4. Chess Notes by Edward Winter. Chesshistory.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  5. http://www.albertusperk.nl/eigenperk-artikelen/2004.1%20Blijdenstein.pdf
  6. Chess Notes by Edward Winter. Chesshistory.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  7. http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles245.pdf
  8. "Aaron, Manuel (1935- )". Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  9. Haag 1873. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  10. Edo Ratings, Gifford, H. W. B. Edochess.ca. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  11. Edo Ratings, de Lelie, A. Edochess.ca. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  12. Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived 14 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Chessmetrics.com (26 March 2005). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  13. Paris. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  14. 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.


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