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George Hatfeild Gossip

Number of games in database: 121
Years covered: 1860 to 1900

Overall record: +32 -60 =28 (38.3%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Vienna Opening (18)
    C25 C29 C28
Ruy Lopez (13)
    C67 C63 C80 C84 C78
King's Gambit Accepted (7)
    C39 C35 C34 C33
French Defense (5)
    C01 C11 C13
Four Knights (4)
    C49 C48
King's Gambit Declined (4)
    C31 C30

With the Black pieces:

Ruy Lopez (13)
    C77 C80 C62 C65 C70
Vienna Opening (7)
    C25 C29 C28
Queen's Gambit Declined (5)
    D37 D30 D38 D31
Giuoco Piano (5)
    C53 C50

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Showalter vs Gossip, 1889 0-1
   Gossip vs Birmingham, 1860 1-0
   Gossip vs J E Crewe, 1887 1-0
   Lipschutz vs Gossip, 1889 0-1
   Bird vs Gossip, 1873 0-1
   Gossip vs Bird, 1873 1-0
   L Febvret vs Gossip, 1883 0-1
   Burn vs Gossip, 1889 1/2-1/2
   Bird vs Gossip, 1889 0-1
   Gossip vs W Pollock, 1889 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Australian Championship (1887)
   London (Vizayanagaram) (1883)
   6th American Chess Congress (1889)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1887 Australian Championship by optimal play

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GEORGE HATFEILD GOSSIP
(born Dec-06-1841, died May-11-1907, 65 years old) United States of America (federation/nationality United Kingdom)

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George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip was born in New York. He was a well-travelled player and prolific author whose works include The Chess-Players Manual, a 900-page book on openings. It went through several editions after its first publication in 1874, that of 1888 receiving high praise from Steinitz.

While capable of brilliance, Gossip achieved only isolated success in practical play. He won the Correspondence Tournament of the Chess Players Chronicle in 1873-1874, finished =5th-6th in the Vizayanagaram Tournament at London, 1883, and 3rd at the 2nd Australian Championship (1887).

Gossip became notorious later in his career for a long string of last place finishes such as the 5th (1889), 6th (1890), and 7th (1892) British Chess Federation Congresses, the 6th German Chess Federation Championship (1889), and the New York "Impromptu" tournament of 1893. At New York 1889, he avoided the cellar, but finished 18th of 20.

He died on May 11, 1907 in Liphook, England.

Wikipedia article: George H. D. Gossip

Last updated: 2018-09-23 13:54:41

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 121

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Gossip vs Birmingham	1-0	30	1860	City corr	C42 Petrov Defense
2. Blackburne vs Gossip	1-0	39	1864	Blindfold simul, 8b	C51 Evans Gambit
3. Gossip vs Steinitz	0-1	40	1868	London	C39 King's Gambit Accepted
4. Gossip vs Steinitz	½-½	40	1870	London	C39 King's Gambit Accepted
5. Gossip vs Longman	1-0	15	1870	corr ENG	C33 King's Gambit Accepted
6. Zukertort vs Gossip	1-0	30	1872	London	C59 Two Knights
7. G MacDonnell vs Gossip	1-0	20	1872	Casual game	C39 King's Gambit Accepted
8. Gossip vs W Potter	0-1	32	1872	City of London CC Handicap t	C01 French, Exchange
9. Gossip vs Bird	1-0	47	1873	London	C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
10. Gossip vs L Hoffer	1-0	19	1873	ENG	C39 King's Gambit Accepted
11. Gossip vs Bird	1-0	30	1873	London	C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
12. W T Pierce vs Gossip	0-1	21	1873	corr ENG	C39 King's Gambit Accepted
13. Bird vs Gossip	0-1	11	1873	ENG	C39 King's Gambit Accepted
14. Gossip vs H Brewer	1-0	19	1878	corr tt	C77 Ruy Lopez
15. Gossip vs E E Gilbert	0-1	42	1879	US-Britain corr. match	C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
16. Gossip vs T H Piper	½-½	60	1883	London (Vizayanagaram)	C01 French, Exchange
17. W M Gattie vs Gossip	½-½	82	1883	London (Vizayanagaram)	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
18. L Febvret vs Gossip	0-1	51	1883	London (Vizayanagaram)	D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. G MacDonnell vs Gossip	0-1	27	1883	London (Vizayanagaram)	A17 English
20. Gossip vs A Hunter	½-½	51	1883	London (Vizayanagaram)	B01 Scandinavian
21. Gossip vs C E Ranken	1-0	57	1883	London (Vizayanagaram)	C48 Four Knights
22. W Crane vs Gossip	½-½	35	1885	Sydney	C25 Vienna
23. D Heiman vs Gossip	1-0	19	1885	Sydney	C45 Scotch Game
24. Gossip vs G A Russell	0-1	38	1885	Sydney	C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
25. F K Esling vs Gossip	1-0	52	1885	New South Wales v Victoria Telegraph Match	B10 Caro-Kann


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Dec-06-11		Thrajin: <YouRang: (nothing rhymes with gossip.)> Ossip (Bernstein) perhaps?

Dec-06-11		rapidcitychess: "I" before "C" Or when followed by "T" O'er the ramparts* we watched Not excluding joint taxpayers filing singly EXCEPTION: Suzi's All-Nite E-Z Drive-Thru Donut Shoppe *Ramparts are a part of a ram, and were considered a great delicacy. People used to watch o'er them.

Dec-06-11		Penguincw: Happy 170th birthday to George Hatfeild Gossip.

Dec-06-11		Shams: <rapidcitychess> Those must be the same ramparts that got Prometheus in so much trouble.

Dec-06-11		brankat: <Thrajin> Hello James! Long time no see :-)

Dec-06-11		nok: James Hatfeild ?

Dec-07-11		brankat: No. James <Thrajin> :-)

Dec-07-11		HeMateMe: Great name. Sounds like a contest on "Hollywood Squares". He should have been in show biz.

Aug-06-12		e4 resigns: Gossip had a beard more epic than Chigorin! Oh yeah, he was also a good chess player...

Aug-24-12		Cemoblanca: He's a mixture of Steinitz & Chigorin (& the only thing I want to point out here is the beard. The rest would be a silly gossip)! :D Chigorin (

Aug-24-12		HeMateMe: If he had a daughter, she'd be a <Gossip Girl>.

Aug-24-12		brankat: But this beauty is no gossip :-) Showalter vs Gossip, 1889

Aug-24-12		Cemoblanca: <HeMateMe> Gossip - EVERY CHESSPLAYER'S NIGHTMARE ;0) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397442/

Apr-09-13		andrewjsacks: I before E, except in neighbor, sleigh, and George Hatfeild Gossip.

Apr-09-13		andrewjsacks: Actually, a very interesting character indeed, and the Wiki article on him is illuminating in various respects.

Mar-28-15		whiteshark: They say Gossip traveled faster than warp speed...

Apr-24-15		Chessical: Zukertort on Gossip.� It is related of the late Dr. Zukertort that observing a young chess player poising Gossip's "Chess Players' Manual" on the palm of his hand, and overhearing him exclaim, " Ah, if I could only get the contents of this book into my head", the Doctor promptly retorted " Den you vould be as mad as de author." � Manchester Evening News." Source: <Nottinghamshire Guardian - Saturday 10th August 1889, p.7>

Dec-06-16		TheFocus: Happy birthday, George Gossip.

Apr-24-17		Domdaniel: <(nothing rhymes with gossip.)> Ho's sip their drinks While gentlemen slurp... Beaus sip as well And babies just burp.

May-27-17		zanzibar: http://cplorg.cdmhost.com/cdm/singl...

Jul-18-18		offramp: He was asked to leave Simpson's Divan when his hat feild.

Jul-18-18		offramp: <YouRang: "I before E, except after C or sounding like "A" as in neighbor or weigh -- or George Hatfeild Gossip"> It is all explained in this 4 minute sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDe...

Sep-23-18		MissScarlett: Re. Hatfeild vs Hatfield George Hatfeild Gossip (kibitz #11) My guess is that he was born/baptised <Hatfield> but adopted <Hatfeild> at some point, just to be 'extra'.

Sep-23-18		MissScarlett: From the bio: <While capable of extreme brilliance..> Is this necessary? What's wrong with plain <brilliance>?

Jul-18-19		MissScarlett: <My guess is that he was born/baptised <Hatfield> but adopted <Hatfeild> at some point, just to be 'extra'.> <It is possible that G.H.D.G. adopted the idiosyncratic spelling for some extra cachet.> (17 July 2019: Addition from Neil Hickman (Hardingham, England)) http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

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