Francis Joseph Lee
Number of games in database: 111
Years covered: 1887 to 1909
Overall record: +29 -56 =26 (37.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (32)      D02 D00 A46 A40  Ruy Lopez (5)      C65 C77 C68  Queen's Gambit Declined (4)      D37 D31 D35	With the Black pieces:  Caro-Kann (15)      B13 B18 B12 B19  Queen's Pawn Game (6)      D05 D00 D02  French Defense (6)      C11 C00 C12 C14  Scandinavian (6)      B01  French (5)      C11 C00 C12  Queen's Gambit Declined (5)      D37 D35

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   F J Lee vs J Mason, 1899 1-0
   F J Lee vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1907 1-0
   Chigorin vs F J Lee, 1899 0-1
   Pillsbury vs F J Lee, 1893 0-1
   A H Pettersson vs F J Lee, 1905 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   London (1899)
   London (1900)
   Barmen Meisterturnier B (1905)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   New York 1893, The Impromtu Tournament by Calli

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FRANCIS JOSEPH LEE (born 1857, died Sep-12-1909) United Kingdom [what is this?] Francis Joseph Lee was born circa 1857 in London, England. He was South African Champion in 1903, but his best tournament result was at New York 1893 where he finished 3rd= ahead of Harry Nelson Pillsbury. He passed away in London in 1909. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franci...

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 111  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F J Lee vs A Guest   1-0 55 1887 London BCA C77 Ruy Lopez 2. F J Lee vs Blackburne 0-1 37 1888 ? C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. Taubenhaus vs F J Lee   1-0 35 1888 Bradford B01 Scandinavian 4. F J Lee vs Blackburne   0-1 43 1890 match C50 Giuoco Piano 5. Blackburne vs F J Lee 1-0 47 1890 Bradford m C14 French, Classical 6. F J Lee vs Blackburne 0-1 29 1890 Bradford D02 Queen's Pawn Game 7. F J Lee vs Tinsley 0-1 27 1891 London C11 French 8. Blackburne vs F J Lee   1-0 43 1892 Belfast [Tinsley] C60 Ruy Lopez 9. Lasker vs F J Lee 1-0 40 1892 London B.C.A. Masters A07 King's Indian Attack 10. Bird vs F J Lee 0-1 33 1892 British Chess Associ A03 Bird's Opening 11. F J Lee vs Lasker 0-1 46 1893 New York C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 12. Pillsbury vs F J Lee 0-1 60 1893 7, New York B01 Scandinavian 13. W Pollock vs F J Lee 0-1 43 1893 New York Impromptu Tournament B01 Scandinavian 14. F J Lee vs J S Ryan   1-0 44 1893 New York B06 Robatsch 15. E N Olly vs F J Lee 0-1 33 1893 New York Impromptu Tournament A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 16. F J Lee vs L Schmidt   1-0 40 1893 New York D02 Queen's Pawn Game 17. J M Hanham vs F J Lee   0-1 49 1893 New York D05 Queen's Pawn Game 18. N Jasnogrodsky vs F J Lee   1-0 37 1893 New York D05 Queen's Pawn Game 19. E Delmar vs F J Lee ½-½ 40 1893 New York Impromptu Tournament D05 Queen's Pawn Game 20. F J Lee vs Gossip   1-0 28 1893 New York Impromptu Tournament D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. F J Lee vs Showalter   0-1 49 1893 R10 10/13 New York D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. F J Lee vs Taubenhaus   ½-½ 40 1893 New York D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. Albin vs F J Lee   1-0 29 1893 New York Impromptu Tournament B01 Scandinavian 24. A C Vazquez vs F J Lee 1-0 15 1894 Havana C50 Giuoco Piano 25. Bird vs F J Lee 1-0 45 1897 London A03 Bird's Opening  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 111

Jan-07-04    nimzo: This guy, Francis Joseph Lee, was the national champion of a country. Wasn't England, I think (his name is not on the official list of English champions). Which country was it? Apr-10-06    blingice: Hmm, he plays a lot of famous people: Lasker, Nimzo, Bird, Blackburne, Steinitz, Znosko-Borovsky, etc. Feb-24-08    Knight13: This game he won against Bird is very interesting: Bird vs F J Lee, 1892. Sep-09-10    GrahamClayton: While in South Africa Lee edited the chess column in the "Rand Daily Mail". May-30-11    GrahamClayton: A very quick win by Lee as part of a 19 board simultaneous exhibition in Dublin: [Event "Simultaneous exhibition"] [Site "Dublin"] [Date "1890.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lee, Francis Joseph"] [Black "Mr JD"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. f3 c6 4. c4 g4 5. 0-0 e5 6. xe5 xd1 7. xf7# Source: Illustrated Sydney News, 5 July 1890 Jan-16-13    Phony Benoni: Obituary (in German) and portrait: http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a...

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