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player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the
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Blackburne played 100,000 games in his career, more than any other professional chess-player. However, he still had time to marry three times and with his second wife, Beatrice Lapham, he had a son, Julius, and with his third wife Mary Goodway (née Fox) another son, Frederick.
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all over
Britain, and for most of his career made most of his income from these exhibitions, including blindfold displays against up to twelve opponents simultaneously. He even travelled to Australia in 1885 to give exhibitions; on his arrival in Melbourne he was fined five pounds for assaulting a
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Blackburne's match results are weaker. He was twice soundly beat by
Steinitz, in 1862/3 (+1−7=2) and 1876 (+0−7=0); but in 1862 Blackburne had been playing chess for barely 3 years, and in 1876 Steinitz was playing at his life-time best and in the middle of a 24-game winning streak. Emanuel Lasker
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were clearly better players; and he remained in the top 20 until 1902, when he was 61 years old. His best results were in international tournaments. Although tournaments were much less frequent then than they are now, Blackburne played in nearly one strong tournament per year from 1870 to 1899; in
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Behind Em. Lasker, Janowski, Maroczy, Pillsbury and
Schlechter; ahead of Chigorin, Showalter, Mason, W. Cohn, Steinitz, Lee, Bird, Tinsley and Teichmann (who withdrew after 4 games due to illness). Blackburne, as Black, beat Lasker; this was the first time a British player had defeated a reigning
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concludes that
Blackburne's best performances, taking account of the strength of his opponents, were his second places at Frankfurt 1887 (behind Mackenzie) and London 1892 (behind Emanuel Lasker). At London 1892 he finished only ½ point behind Emanuel Lasker and 2 points ahead of the third-placed
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The
Teesside Chess Association (formed in 1883; now called the Cleveland Chess Association) invited world-class players to give exhibitions, in order to raise money for the Association. Blackburne's fee for two simultaneous displays and a blindfold event in 1889 was 9
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1896; but both of these tournaments included Lasker and most of the other top players of the new generation; and in both of these he finished ahead of several of the new stars and ahead of the few competing players of his own generation.
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British team in 11 of the Anglo-American cable matches which commenced in 1896 and in the first six matches he recorded a score of 3½–2½ against the top American,
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times – £60 in 1876 would be roughly equivalent to £29,000 in 2006's money. This was the first time that spectators were charged an entrance fee (half a guinea, = 52.5p in decimal terms) to see a chess match.
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in 1861. In July 1861 he lost 5–0 in a match with
Manchester's strongest player, Eduard Pindar (and champion of the Provinces), but in August/September, Blackburne defeated Pindar (five wins, two
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A new book about him was published by McFarland in August 2015. It contains over a thousand of his games and more than 50 problems with a detailed account of his life, family, and career.
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gave a simultaneous blindfold exhibition in
Manchester, beating Blackburne among others; Blackburne was soon thereafter playing chess blindfolded with three players simultaneously.
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The 1876 match against Steinitz was held at the West-end Chess Club in London. The stakes were £60 a side with the winner taking all. This was a considerable sum of money in
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player, Mason. Emanuel Lasker thought that Blackburne had more talent than Steinitz, but lacked the willpower and capacity for hard work needed for becoming world champion.
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in December 1906 and December 1907, and annotated numerous games for chess magazines, but he was never a chess correspondent for any publication.
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ability which enabled him to win many brilliancy prizes. He was also widely known for his popular simultaneous and blindfold displays.
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2279:"Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1830–2006: 2006 equivalent of 9 guineas in 1889"
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in their individual game, although Blackburne finished in 9th place. Up to that point, timekeeping was measured with
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displays around the country. Blackburne also published a collection of his own games.
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2216:"Dickens's Dictionary of London, by Charles Dickens, Jr., 1879 – CHA-CHR"
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Joseph Henry Blackburne vs. Jacques Schwarz, DSB Kongress, Berlin 1881
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wagered on the game. The opening is mentioned by Steinitz in his book
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to play him blindfold. In the simultaneous games he won 29,
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on 1 September 1924 at the age of 82. He is buried in the
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as a child, but when he was aged 17 or 18, he heard about
2112:"Major Chess Matches and Tournaments of the 19th century"
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Only two years after Blackburne started playing chess.
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The development of London chess clubs is described at
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Under score, + games won, = games drawn, − games lost
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A series of sacrifices demolishes the Black defenses.
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125:(10 December 1841 – 1 September 1924) was a British
2129:Wilson, Fred (1981). "A picture history of Chess".
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2067:"Chessmetrics Player Profile: Joseph Blackburne"
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2166:"Chessmetrics Player Profile: Wilhelm Steinitz"
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2197:"Chessmetrics Player Profile: Isidor Gunsberg"
2089:. André Deutsch (now as paperback from Dover).
982:Blackburne, 58 years old and playing with the
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906:In 1922 his wife died. Blackburne died of a
2529:Burials at Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries
883:Blackburne wrote two articles on chess for
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1712:Here are Blackburne's results in matches:
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219:or all-play-all tournament) and defeated
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2485:download 117 of his games in pgn format.
1332:, Gunsberg, and Louis Paulsen. Ahead of
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278:particular he competed regularly in the
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1300:With Weiss; behind Mackenzie; ahead of
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2267:, Geelong Advertiser, 13 January 1885
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213:1862 London International Tournament
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986:, beat the reigning world champion.
2265:Melbourne (from our correspondent)
1214:3 points ahead of Zukertort (2nd)
785:, Black wins material with 4...Qg5
777:after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
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2378:, David McKay, c. 1915, pp. 2, 4.
2348:"Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess"
294:and De Vere; shared 2nd place at
242:, where he shared 3rd place with
240:tournament at Baden-Baden in 1870
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1595:Hastings (British Championship)
1018:London International Tournament
950:Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess
878:Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess
254:but ahead of Paulsen, De Vere,
2423:Chess Results, 1747–1900
2405:"St. Petersburg 1909 and 1914"
852:The dubious chess opening the
817:fellow passenger on the ship.
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2087:The World's Great Chess Games
2027:The Oxford Companion to Chess
1320:With Mason; behind Tarrasch,
1179:Behind Winawer and Zukertort
829:for a simultaneous game or a
273:and, during his brief prime,
2476:player profile and games at
856:(1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
332:Vienna 1882 chess tournament
2425:, McFarland, 2004, p. 118.
2025:Hooper & Whyld (1996).
1524:, Schallopp and Teichmann.
1096:and Steinitz; but ahead of
866:The Modern Chess Instructor
392:Exhibitions and other games
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930:Blackburne is an icon of
280:German Chess Championship
215:(the world's first chess
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2444:"New York 1889 and 1924"
2343:algebraic chess notation
1407:International Tournament
1054:George Alcock MacDonnell
1038:International Tournament
814:simultaneous exhibitions
781:After the natural 4.Nxe5
402:to describe chess moves.
292:George Alcock MacDonnell
2474:Joseph Henry Blackburne
2460:Di Felice 2004, p. 175.
1861:1886 World Championship
1413:equal first with Mason
1058:Cecil Valentine De Vere
378:1894 championship match
236:Cecil Valentine De Vere
123:Joseph Henry Blackburne
36:Joseph Henry Blackburne
2146:Cite journal requires
1691:(British Championship)
1637:(British Championship)
1623:(British Championship)
1609:(British Championship)
1476:, Tarrasch, Steinitz,
1470:Harry Nelson Pillsbury
1276:, Mason, Englisch and
1234:George Henry Mackenzie
1110:Johannes von Minckwitz
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789:Now the obvious 5.Nxf7
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320:George Henry Mackenzie
264:Johannes von Minckwitz
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172:Blackburne joined the
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2118:on 26 September 2007.
926:Blackburne circa 1890
925:
876:In 1899 he published
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174:Manchester Chess Club
2311:on 17 December 2008.
2305:"History of the CCA"
2212:Charles Dickens, Jr.
1895:Celso Golmayo Zúpide
1661:José Raúl Capablanca
1439:Carl August Walbrodt
885:The Strand Magazine,
346:World Chess Champion
2483:Joseph H Blackburne
2285:on 16 December 2008
2050:on 26 October 2008.
2009:"Chess and alcohol"
1972:Curt von Bardeleben
1863:match to Steinitz.
1508:Behind Em. Lasker,
1362:George H. D. Gossip
1302:Curt von Bardeleben
328:Curt von Bardeleben
2237:on 7 February 2012
2131:Dover Publications
2044:"Baden-Baden 1870"
1795:Johannes Zukertort
1665:Alexander Alekhine
1570:David Graham Baird
1328:, von Bardeleben,
1163:Johannes Zukertort
991:Tournament results
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400:algebraic notation
398:This section uses
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275:Johannes Zukertort
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2393:978-0-7864-7473-8
2327:978-0-7864-6568-2
2085:Fine, R. (1952).
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1490:Beniamino Vergani
1478:Emanuel Schiffers
1435:Richard Teichmann
1429:Behind Tarrasch,
1358:Emanuel Schiffers
1348:, von Minckwitz,
1274:Siegbert Tarrasch
1255:Henry Edward Bird
1195:Berthold Englisch
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360:1895 and 11th at
308:Berthold Englisch
300:Siegbert Tarrasch
195:Competitive chess
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113:Years active
100:"The Black Death"
18:Joseph Blackburne
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1747:Wilhelm Steinitz
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1681:Aron Nimzowitsch
1677:Akiba Rubinstein
1667:; 4 Tarrasch; 5
1587:world champion.
1514:Rudolf Charousek
1251:Mikhail Chigorin
1232:, Zukertort and
1106:Samuel Rosenthal
1050:Wilhelm Steinitz
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897:Aron Nimzowitsch
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1510:Géza Maróczy
1472:, Chigorin,
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1447:Georg Marco
1437:; ahead of
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1145:Black Death
1100:, De Vere,
1085:Baden-Baden
944:combinative
936:Black Death
891:Final years
318:; ahead of
304:James Mason
298:1885 (with
288:Black Death
284:Vienna 1873
225:hourglasses
217:round-robin
156:Paul Morphy
89:Nationality
2498:Categories
1995:References
1697:Tied with
1484:, Mieses,
1431:Paul Lipke
1389:Manchester
1193:Tied with
831:half-crown
167:Blackburne
148:Manchester
105:Occupation
65:Manchester
57:1841-12-10
1844:Zukertort
1501:Nuremberg
1322:Amos Burn
1293:Frankfurt
1280:; behind
1278:Max Weiss
1161:Ahead of
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362:Nuremberg
324:Frankfurt
314:; behind
312:Max Weiss
246:, behind
142:Biography
136:blindfold
116:1862–1914
67:, England
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1871:Gunsberg
1732:Location
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1004:Location
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92:British
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1935:+5−0=1
1928:Havana
1910:+5−3=2
1903:Havana
1883:+0−4=1
1856:+5−1=7
1850:London
1833:+7−4=3
1827:London
1808:+2−7=5
1802:London
1783:+0−7=0
1777:London
1760:+1−7=2
1754:London
1738:Notes
1729:Result
1679:, and
1580:London
1554:Vienna
1532:Berlin
1243:London
1222:Vienna
1208:Berlin
1187:Berlin
1155:London
1134:Vienna
1119:London
1036:Dundee
1010:Notes
918:Legacy
2358:4 May
2289:4 May
2241:4 May
1853:9½/5½
1830:8½/14
1805:4½/14
1735:Score
1272:With
1173:Paris
1007:Place
178:draws
127:chess
2427:ISBN
2389:ISBN
2360:2008
2323:ISBN
2291:2008
2243:2008
2152:help
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1976:Drew
1968:1895
1957:2/10
1951:Lost
1943:1892
1932:5½/6
1918:1891
1907:6/10
1891:1891
1874:Lost
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1841:1887
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1799:Lost
1791:1881
1774:Lost
1768:1876
1757:2/10
1751:Lost
1723:Date
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1663:; 3
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1001:Date
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73:Died
51:Born
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1899:Won
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