Gifford, H.W. Birkmyre




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  122  2220 (73) 13
1874  110  2231 (67) 13
1875  107  2242 (65) 8
1876  105  2239 (65) 0
1877  105  2236 (62) 0
1878  107  2233 (56) 22
1879  115  2230 (63) 0
1880  125  2227 (66) 0
1881  150  2224 (66) 12

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Gifford, H.W. Birkmyre  
Born:
Died:
 
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
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 152
Periodicals
   [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]

Tournament data

The Hague 1873     1st Netherland Chess Federation Tourney     10.5  /  13
  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.     0 - 1    
Rotterdam 1875     3rd Netherland Chess Federation Tournament     7  /  8
Paris 1878     Paris International Chess Congress     3.5  /  22
Paris 1881 (3)     2nd French National Tournament     4.5  /  12

Player information updated: 5 May 2020