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Murry Chandler, born in New Zeland on April 4, 1960, is a Grandmaster (1983). He won the 1975-76 New Zealand championship, then settled in England. In 1981, he edited Tournament Chess. In 1984 he was joint Commonwealth Champ...
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Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841-1924) was an English player of grandmaster strength, perhaps ranked number 2 in the world at one time. He learned the game at age 19 after learning of Morphy's chess exploits. In 1860, he joined the Ma...
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The moves 1.e4 Nf6 were played before Alekhine (analyzed by Allgaier in 1819), but Alekhine popularized it. Alexander Alekhine first played this defense at Budapest in September 1921 against Saemisch and E. Steiner. By May 1922 it was being c...
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Henry Edward Bird (1830-1908) was an accountant and strong amateur player from England. In 1851, at the age of 21, he was invited to the first international chess tournament, held in London. In round 1, he was knocked out by Bernhard Horwitz...
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The opening name after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5. It was first analyzed by Aaron Reinganum in 1825, who called it Ben-Oni (child of my tears, in Hebrew). His book was Ben-Oni oder die Vertheidigungen die Gambitzüge im Schach.
Not to be confused with ...
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Samuel Standidge Boden (1826-1882) was an English chess player. In 1851, he introduced the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 f6). He also took 1st place at the 1851 London Provincial tournament. From 18...
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Carl Ahlhausen (1835-1892) was the librarian of the Berlin Chess Association. His historical chess rating is 2471, ranked #44 in the world in 1889. He was an early player of 1.g4, sometimes known as the Ahlhausen Opening (better known ...
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Joseph Bertin (1695-1736) was a chess author and a Captain in the English army (he served in the West Indies). In 1735 he published The Noble Game of Chess, Containing Rules and Instructions for the Use of those who have already a little Kno...
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Carl Goering was born in Bruheim, Germany on April 28, 1841. In 1870, he took 3rd in the first Austrian Chess Federation Congress, held in Graz. In 1871, he won at Wiesbaden, Germany (+4-0=0). In 1872, he took 3rd in the 3rd Nort...
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Leopold Hoffer (1842-1913) was a Hungarian-born English chess journalist. He founded (along with Zukertort) and edited the Chess Monthly from September 1879 to 1896. He wrote for the Standard and the Westminster Gazette. In 1882,...
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