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Francis Healey
F Healey 
Credit: Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery  

Number of games in database: 10
Years covered: 1858 to 1887
Overall record: +7 -2 =1 (75.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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FRANCIS HEALEY
(born Nov-19-1828, died Feb-17-1906, 77 years old) United Kingdom

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Francis (Frank) Healey was the composer of the famous Bristol problem in 1861. In 1872, a chess column appeared in the "London Births, Marriages and Deaths" newsletter, edited by Francis Healey. Father of Percy Healey.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F Healey vs C Kenny  0-1371858MatchB40 Sicilian
2. F Healey vs C Kenny  1-0271858MatchC01 French, Exchange
3. F Healey vs C Kenny  1-0401858Starie's Philidorian Chess Rooms PoolC01 French, Exchange
4. F Healey vs J Kling 1-0361859LondonC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
5. J Campbell vs F Healey  ½-½361859Casual gameC41 Philidor Defense
6. R Schulder vs F Healey  0-1201859Casual gameC20 King's Pawn Game
7. F Healey vs R Schulder  1-0221859Casual gameC23 Bishop's Opening
8. F Healey vs Harrwitz  0-1291859Odds game000 Chess variants
9. V Green vs F Healey  0-1211863MatchA02 Bird's Opening
10. J Campbell vs F Healey  0-1201887Casual gameC51 Evans Gambit
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Nov-18-05  soberknight: This is Frank Healey, the composer of the famous Bristol problem in 1861. http://www.matplus.org.yu/BRISTOL.HTM
Mar-02-13
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  Tabanus:


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The Bristol problem! White mates in three.

Feb-09-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <The Bristol problem! White mates in three.>

<If you haven't seen this before, it's a hard one. Supposedly when this problem was presented to the world champion Wilhelm Steinitz, he finally picked a piece up from the board and threw it into a cup of coffee!>

https://www.chess.com/blog/Zeitnot1...

Jun-27-22  lonchaney: Chess composer

http://www.bstephen.me.uk/meson/com...

Feb-22-25  Gottschalk: The most famous Bristol theme

http://www.bstephen.me.uk/meson/pid...

Soution 1.Rh1 Be8 2Qb1 Bb5 3Qg1mat++

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