http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/ We focus on the British Chess Scene Past & Present! Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-58530 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:53:56 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-58530 […] match play his success was mixed. He defeated Bird in 1888 (+4-1) and Gunsberg in 1881 (+7-4=3) but lost a second match to Gunsberg in 1886 (+2-5=6). […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-36227 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:29:46 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-36227 […] organised by the British Chess Association was held. De Vere won, ahead of MacDonnell and Bird, and so became the first British Champion at the age of […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-30635 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 17:06:51 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-30635 […] a very good amateur chess player. At one time he took lessons from the English professional master H. E. Bird, and possessed a number of his books. However, when he settled at Medstead lack of opponents […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-24026 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:38:56 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-24026 […] having drawn with Jacques Mieses in the Premier Reserves at Hastings 1948–49.[6] Mieses drew with Henry Bird in the last round of Hastings 1895,[7][8] and Bird played a number of games with Paul Morphy in […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-23281 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:13:14 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-23281 […] a very good amateur chess player. At one time he took lessons from the English professional master H. E. Bird, and possessed a number of his books. However, when he settled at Medstead lack of opponents […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-16491 Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:10:07 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-16491 […] 1 looks at opening lines that are slightly unusual and “off-beat” such as the Bird’s […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-11486 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:29:13 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-11486 […] from 1887 when he was 1st at the Counties Chess Association tournament at Stamford ahead of Bird and Pollock, a performance he was to repeat in 1891 at Oxford, to 1909 when he tied with H. E. […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-11457 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:31:33 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-11457 […] extended from 1887 when he was st at the Counties Chess Association tournament at Stamford ahead of Bird and Pollock, a performance he was to repeat in 1891 at Oxford, to 1909 when he tied with H. E. […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-10998 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:11:04 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-10998 […] taking first or second prize. From 1886 to 1889 he played more often. In 1886 he drew matches with Bird (+9-9) and Mackenzie (+4=2-4); at London 1887 he achieved his best tournament result up to this […]

]]> http://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/11/remembering-henry-bird/#comment-10336 Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:09:34 +0000 http://britishchessnews.com/?p=642#comment-10336 […] match play his success was mixed. He defeated Bird in 1888 (+4-1) and Gunsberg in 1881 (+7-4=3) but lost a second match to Gunsberg in 1886 (+2-5=6). […]

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