| Sep-30-07 | | heuristic: Born in Belfast in 1830 and died in 1882. During the 1850s and 1860s, he was a strong player in London and quite the bon vivant at Simpson's Divan.
He was the first teacher to Cecil DeVere.
In 1870, he contracted malaria and no longer played chess, but became quite accomplished at billards and whist.gotta love Google books!
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| Oct-20-13 | | Karpova: <Mr Francis Burden died at the age of 52, on the same day as his friend Boden, in his native city of Belfast, where he followed the profession of a civil engineer. He was formerly well-known as a strong player at the Divan, but had returned to Ireland, and latterly, it is understood, had made whist rather than Chess his favourite amusement.> From page 57 of the February 1882 'British Chess Magazine', signed W. W. |
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| Mar-17-15 | | Pulo y Gata: Never has someone been so serious about playing a game of chess. The onus he puts on himself to win, here he's in a league of his own. Steinitz vs F Burden, 1862 |
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Mar-17-15
 | | perfidious: It might be said that chess proved an onerous Burden, so that he moved on to other amusements. |
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Apr-14-18
 | | jinkinson: The description says that Burden was 51 when he died; he was actually 52. |
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Apr-14-18
 | | MissScarlett: I've changed his birth year to 1829 to reflect that. His death notice in the <ILN> of January 28th 1882, p.94, specifies the same. Credit for the detail of which is given to a <Mr. Charles Mossop>. |
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| Jun-08-23 | | Nosnibor: Burden also played De Vere in London during the Spring of 1867. This was a match of 6 games which De Vere won 5-0 with one draw against his former mentor. Two surviving games are available for download. It is considered that De Vere used this as a training match in view of his forthcoming entry in his first International Tournament to be held in Paris from June 1867. |
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Oct-01-24
| | MissScarlett: <Burden also played De Vere in London during the Spring of 1867. This was a match of 6 games which De Vere won 5-0 with one draw against his former mentor.> Where is it claimed that the games constituted a match? |
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Oct-01-24
 | | jnpope: "A match of the first five games is pending between Messrs. Burden and De Vere, of which we shall give particulars in a future number. Present score:—De Vere, 3; Burden, 0; drawn, 2 [sic]." <Chess Player's Magazine>, v3 n4, April 1867, p127
"The Match between Messrs. Burden and De Vere terminated in favour of the latter, who won five games, whilst one was drawn." <Chess Player's Magazine>, v3 n6, 1 June 1867, p188
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Apr-09-25
| | MissScarlett: <The description says that Burden was 51 when he died; he was actually 52.> 51 is the age given by Belfast City Council:
https://dof.belfastcity.gov.uk/buri... When I searched for the name of his father <William Burden>, a doctor, in the newspaper archive for 1829 - it not being uncommon for the announcement of the birth of a child to name the father - I found instead notice of a Belfast (?) marriage of a William Burden to Margaret Mitchell. According to online family trees, they were Francis's parents. Which means he was more likely born in 1830. |
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