Sep-09-25 Desloges 
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| WilhelmThe2nd: This appears to be <Jean Robert Toussaint Pierre Marcelin Desloges>. The database 'France, Nord, Parish and Civil Registration, 1524-1893' gives his vital dates as: b. Nov. 1, 1788 Nantes,, France
d. June 15, 1849 Paris, France
He is listed in some sources as a 'man ... |
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Sep-07-25 Anderssen vs B von Salpius, 1849
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| WilhelmThe2nd: <Chessist>
"...Botho von Salpius...when I came to Greifswald as a professor, he was still a district court judge in Stralsund, as it was said due to political differences with the President of the Higher Appeal Court in Greifswald. For everyone agreed that he was an ... |
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Sep-06-25 Alexander Goehle
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| WilhelmThe2nd: Alexander Goehle died on Sept. 29, 1899. His death notice says he was in his 58th year.: https://www.google.com/books/editio... His obituary, in the same publication (<Zeitung des Vereins Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verwaltungen>), mentioned his chess activities.: ... |
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Sep-05-25 John Skinner
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| WilhelmThe2nd: The chess column of the <St. Louis Globe-Democrat> of Oct. 30, 1858, p4, gives the address of the office of the President of the St. Louis Chess Club, J. W. Skinner, as being on 'the corner of Market and Fourth'. This appears to be the lawyer <John Warburton ... |
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Sep-03-25 Biographer Bistro
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| WilhelmThe2nd: I think the writer of the genealogy book had the same death date as <Der Deutsche Herold> but the '1' in the number of the month was either omitted or misread as '/' which caused them to incorrectly give the month of Frankenberg's death as February. |
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Sep-03-25 William Henderson
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| WilhelmThe2nd: This player is hard to pin down. He played chess in Bristol during 1841-4, then Paris during 1844-5, and finally in Hamburg in 1846. Presumably he is the <Henderson, William, Esq., Carthagena, Spain> listed as one of the subscribers of Elijah Williams's book <Horae ... |
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Aug-30-25 Brandreth
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| WilhelmThe2nd: The Whitehead database has this player listed as <T. S. Brandreth>, presumably the same as the subscriber to the London, 1851 tournament listed as <Brandreth, T. S., Esq. Worthing>:
https://www.google.com/books/editio... It seems all but certain that this was ... |
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Aug-30-25 Edward Delamain
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| WilhelmThe2nd: <Delamain> is identified here as <E. S. Delamain>:
https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopi...
<Delamain> not being a very common surname, it is easy to find that this was <Edward Smith Delamain>: Born June 24th, 1793 at East Acton, Middlesex, England ... |
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Aug-30-25 Frederick Lamb
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| WilhelmThe2nd: In 1882, another chess source, the <Chess Player's Annual & Club Directory> (London, 1882) edited by W. R. Bland, gave <F. E. Lamb>'s address as '3, Albion Sq., Dalston, E.': https://www.google.com/books/editio... In the 1881 Census of England and Wales, <Fred ... |
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Aug-29-25 Joseph Murphy
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| WilhelmThe2nd: This appears to be <Joseph Beauval Murphy>: https://www.google.com/books/editio... Baptised on 1834.01.08 at Saint John, Limerick, Ireland (Source: the database 'Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911') Died on 1873.03.31 at sea:
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