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Harry Fowler Lee
H F Lee 
Chicago, Illinois, 1906.
From the Chicago Daily News negatives collection, SDN-004610
 

Number of games in database: 36
Years covered: 1881 to 1912
Overall record: +17 -15 =4 (52.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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HARRY FOWLER LEE
(born Jan-24-1855, died May-29-1917, 62 years old) United States of America

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Harry Fowler Lee was a prominent figure in Chicago chess circles during the early twentieth century. In the Western Open he finished 2nd in 1908 and 3rd on two other occasions. Lee was editor of the chess column in the Chicago Tribune from 1912-1917, and also served as a tournament referee and secretary of the Western Chess Association.

American Chess Bulletin, July-August 1917, p. 160


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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H F Lee vs C H Weightman 1-091881OntarioC37 King's Gambit Accepted
2. H F Lee vs C Medinus  1-0221899Lee-Medinus match, gm 7D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
3. L Parke vs H F Lee  1-0281900Correspondence tB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
4. H F Lee vs C Medinus  0-12219034th Western ChampionshipA30 English, Symmetrical
5. H F Lee vs S P Johnston  ½-½4419034th Western ChampionshipA30 English, Symmetrical
6. M Judd vs H F Lee  1-03819034th Western ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
7. W G Hine vs H F Lee  1-02719034th Western ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
8. G Simonson vs H F Lee  ½-½441905Manhattan CC-Chicago CCC78 Ruy Lopez
9. M M Smith vs H F Lee  0-14019056th Western ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
10. F N Stacy vs H F Lee  0-14119056th Western ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
11. H F Lee vs C W Blake  1-03219056th Western ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
12. H F Lee vs Nathan Cohen  1-02819056th Western ChampionshipA20 English
13. G H Wolbrecht vs H F Lee 0-1291906Western Championship (Final)C30 King's Gambit Declined
14. H F Lee vs E F Schrader  1-0411906Western Championship (Final)D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. H F Lee vs C W Blake  ½-½661906Western Championship (Final)A10 English
16. F N Stacy vs H F Lee  ½-½401906Western Championship (Final)C77 Ruy Lopez
17. J C Eppens vs H F Lee  1-0721906Western Championship (Final)C77 Ruy Lopez
18. L Uedemann vs H F Lee 0-1571906Western Championship (Final)C77 Ruy Lopez
19. H F Lee vs M M Smith  1-0571906Western Championship (Final)D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
20. H F Lee vs M M Smith  0-1781906Western Championship (Playoff)A13 English
21. G H Wolbrecht vs H F Lee 1-0181906Western Championship (Playoff)B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
22. M M Smith vs H F Lee  1-0621906Western Championship (Playoff)C77 Ruy Lopez
23. H F Lee vs G H Wolbrecht  0-1471906Western Championship (Playoff)D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. A T Bigelow vs H F Lee  0-14919078th Western ChampionshipC49 Four Knights
25. H F Lee vs E F Schrader  0-15119078th Western ChampionshipD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
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Dec-15-13  DoctorD: Problems by a H.F. Lee appeared in the 1890 "Canadian Chess Problems" (available online at chess.ca); one appeared recently in the Chess Problem Database Server as P1141197.

There it is asked whether this H.F. Lee is the same as this one, or as is noted in some collections, Harry Francis Lee. He did live in Canada for some time and directed a chess column in Brantford and the H.F. Lee in the above book is listed from Brantford.

Can a positive ID be made?

Feb-04-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: An obituary of the H.F. Lee from Chicago, appearing in the "American Chess Bulletin", July/August 1917, p.160-161, confirms his name as Harry Fowler Lee. It states he had been court reporter for over forty years, but gives no other personal details such as mention of time spent in Canada.

However, the "Canada Law Journal", January 1877, p.27 lists <Harry Fowler lee> as a member of the Junior Class of Law Society of Upper Canada. That would fit well with the profession and time frame mentioned in the ACB obituary.

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Jan-24-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Harry Lee.

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