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Sigismund Hamel

Number of games in database: 20
Years covered: 1853 to 1880
Overall record: +3 -15 =2 (20.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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SIGISMUND HAMEL
(born 1823, died May-17-1897, 73 years old) Germany

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https://mannchess.org.uk/People/Ham...

Last updated: 2019-09-28 07:58:56

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Hamel vs E Williams 0-1331853Casual gameA84 Dutch
2. Anderssen vs S Hamel 1-0221857ManchesterC51 Evans Gambit
3. S Hamel vs Anderssen  0-1301862BreslauC51 Evans Gambit
4. S Hamel vs Anderssen 1-0321862BreslauC39 King's Gambit Accepted
5. S Hamel vs G Fraser  0-15718677th BCA Congress, DundeeC39 King's Gambit Accepted
6. Blackburne vs S Hamel 1-02718677th BCA Congress, DundeeB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
7. S Hamel vs C De Vere 0-13318677th BCA Congress, DundeeB20 Sicilian
8. G MacDonnell vs S Hamel 1-02518677th BCA Congress, DundeeB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
9. Steinitz vs S Hamel 1-03018677th BCA Congress, DundeeB01 Scandinavian
10. G Neumann vs S Hamel 1-02818677th BCA Congress, DundeeB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
11. Blackburne vs S Hamel  1-0291871Casual gameA07 King's Indian Attack
12. Zukertort vs S Hamel 0-1421873corrB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
13. Zukertort vs S Hamel  1-0321873corrB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
14. Blackburne vs S Hamel 1-0261873Casual gameB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
15. S Hamel vs Steinitz 291874Casual gameC20 King's Pawn Game
16. Blackburne vs S Hamel  ½-½341874Blindfold simul, 10bC51 Evans Gambit
17. S Hamel vs F S Ensor  0-1271878Casual gameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
18. S Hamel vs de Riviere  0-1301880Casual gameC30 King's Gambit Declined
19. de Riviere vs S Hamel  0-1371880Casual gameC77 Ruy Lopez
20. S Hamel vs de Riviere  0-1231880Casual gameC30 King's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-02-16  zanzibar: What is the German connection here?

Did this player die in Germany, was he born in Germany, what?

All his games place him squarely in the world of early British chess. Moreover, I have an <S. Hamel> mentioned as being a chess editor of the <Nottingham Daily Express> circa 1880 in CM v1 p164.

OK, I see... we can take the effort to put in a link, but can't be bothered to crimp this simple biographic lead:

<Sigismund Hamel was a German merchant who became a United States citizen but by 1861 had settled in England, more precisely Nottingham, where he became one of the stronger provincial players of the day.>

http://www.sjmann.supanet.com/Peopl... (Yorkshire Chess History)

Apr-02-16
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  Stonehenge: <OK, I see... we can take the effort to put in a link, but can't be bothered to crimp this simple biographic lead:>

Why don't you do it yourself?

Apr-02-16  zanzibar: Valid question...

The simple answer is I'm not an editor.

On principle, non-editors should be able to make such comments which eventually get the bios updated.

Also, I think it's a valid complaint, i.e why not put such basic info into the bio if it's available in the first place?

Apr-02-16  zanzibar: A quick follow-up. I've thought the same sometimes, that I should be an editor and just apply an update - it would be quicker and easier for all involved.

But I also think that there's a need for review in such matters. And by putting an update in the comments first, it's ensured that at least one other set of eyes reviews the update before it gets applied.

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