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]
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]