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