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Herbert Jacobs
H Jacobs 
Credit: Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery  

Number of games in database: 122
Years covered: 1884 to 1932
Overall record: +49 -56 =17 (47.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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HERBERT JACOBS
(born Jun-16-1863, died Feb-11-1950, 86 years old) United Kingdom

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Herbert Levi Jacobs

At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Jacobs ranked among the strongest chess-players of England. He made frequent appearances in the City of London Chess Club's championship tournaments, and in the British Chess Championship competitions.

He played seven times for England in the Anglo-American cable match, scoring +4, =2, and -1.

Jacobs was a fine natural player, but his lack of book knowledge, which he freely admitted, precluded him from attaining an even higher rank.

He was a barrister-at-law of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, and Law Tutor to the Chartered Accountants Students' Society of London. He authored several editions of Stevens' Elements of Mercantile Law.

Sources
British Chess Magazine, v70, 1950, p153\
Stevens' Elements of Mercantile Law, 5th ed., London 1911 / 10th ed. (London 1938).

Last updated: 2024-08-17 20:53:07

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 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 122  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Mason vs H Jacobs  1-0301884Odds game000 Chess variants
2. W Pierce vs H Jacobs  0-1481885Sussex CA - City of London CC mC25 Vienna
3. Gunsberg vs H Jacobs  0-1251885Simul, 12bC25 Vienna
4. H Jacobs vs G Wainwright  1-0241886City of London CC Winter tB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
5. H Jacobs vs J de Soyres 1-0281886LondonC29 Vienna Gambit
6. H Jacobs vs W Pollock 0-1461886Spring Handicap000 Chess variants
7. R Loman vs H Jacobs  0-1291888MatchA84 Dutch
8. E O Jones vs H Jacobs  0-1261892City of London CC Handicap tC44 King's Pawn Game
9. E O Jones vs H Jacobs  0-1321892MatchC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
10. H Jacobs vs E O Jones  0-1341892MatchC67 Ruy Lopez
11. H Jacobs vs A Mocatta 1-0401894LondonA07 King's Indian Attack
12. C Hoon vs H Jacobs  0-1541894Casual gameC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
13. H Atkins vs H Jacobs  ½-½421894North - South mC26 Vienna
14. E Thorold vs H Jacobs  1-03918957th British Amateur-ChC30 King's Gambit Declined
15. H W Trenchard vs H Jacobs  0-1521896MatchA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
16. H Jacobs vs H W Trenchard  0-1311896MatchD00 Queen's Pawn Game
17. H Jacobs vs H Atkins  0-1311896Southern Counties Chess Union chC71 Ruy Lopez
18. H Jacobs vs W M Wills  0-1311897Jacobs Simul, 17bC44 King's Pawn Game
19. H Jacobs vs H Wagner  1-0431897City of London CC chC30 King's Gambit Declined
20. H Jacobs vs H W Trenchard  1-0321897Anglo-American Cable Team Selection tC44 King's Pawn Game
21. J L McCutcheon vs H Jacobs 0-12718972nd Anglo-American Cable MatchB01 Scandinavian
22. H Jacobs vs H W Trenchard  ½-½511897Jacobs - TrenchardC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
23. H W Trenchard vs H Jacobs  ½-½381897Jacobs - TrenchardB01 Scandinavian
24. T F Lawrence vs H Jacobs  0-1241897City of London CC Summer tB01 Scandinavian
25. Blackburne vs H Jacobs 1-0381897City of London CC Summer tC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
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  GrahamClayton: English amateur player who was a barrister of profession. Also editor of the Elements of Mercantile Law book.
Jun-22-20  Jean Defuse: ...

<Herbert Levi Jacobs> by Martin Smith (in 16 parts):

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