Edo Ratings, Gifford, H.W.B.

Gifford, H.W. Birkmyre

Ratings

Year	Rank	Edo	Dev.	Games
1873	142	2222	(71)	13
1874	136	2228	(65)	14
1875	144	2235	(63)	8
1876	145	2219	(64)	1
1877	135	2223	(62)	0
1878	132	2226	(56)	22
1879	133	2225	(63)	0
1880	144	2225	(66)	0
1881	162	2224	(66)	12

Rating table notes

Biographical data

Name: Gifford, Henry William Birkmyre

Born: 1847

Died: 12 Apr. 1924

Notes:

The Field of 27 Jun. 1874 has 'W.H.B. Gifford'. Full name sent by Dominique Thimognier, who has the spelling 'Berkmyre'.

References

Books

Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 145

Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 225

Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 106, 107, 132

Harding, Steinitz in London, page 226

Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 152

Nederlandschen Schaakbond, Nederlandschen Schaakbond, 1873, page 3

Periodicals

[CLCM], vol. 1, no. 6, July 1874, page 131

[Fld], 27 June 1874

[Fld], 12 Sep. 1874

[Sis], vol. 5, no. 5, 1872, page 139

[Sis], vol. 5, no. 11, 1872, page 340

[WP], vol. 6, no. 7, 1 Nov. 1873, page 132

Web

van Reek, Jan. [pgn file of Dutch tournaments]

Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

Winter, Edward. [CN 5156. H. Gifford]

Winter, Edward. [CN 5163. Blackburne and Kasparyan]

Winter, Edward. [CN 5180. Gifford]

Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Blackburne, J.H. - Gifford, H.W.B. 1874 (c) 1 - 0

Tournament data

The Hague 1873     1st Netherland Chess Federation Tourney     9.5 / 12

  Gifford, H.W.B. - Blijdenstein, B.W.     1 - 0

Amsterdam 1874     2nd Netherland Chess Federation Tourney     10 / 12

  Gifford, H.W.B. - de Lelie, A.A.G.     0 - 1

Rotterdam 1875     3rd Netherland Chess Federation Tournament     7 / 8

Gouda 1876     Netherland Chess Federation Tournament

  Gifford, H.W.B. - Messemaker, C.     0 - 1

Paris 1878     Paris International Chess Congress     3.5 / 22

Paris 1881 (3)     2nd French National Tournament     4.5 / 12