Harry Nelson Pillsbury (December 5, 1872 – June 17, 1906) was a leading American chess player. At the age of 22, he won the Hastings 1895 chess tournament...

one of the first times such a "super-tournament" was conducted. Harry Nelson Pillsbury, a young American unknown in Europe, was the surprise winner with...

2582 (peak years 1950–1954) Ju Wenjun, 2566 (peak years 2018–2023) Harry Nelson Pillsbury, 2554 (peak years 1897–1898) Nona Gaprindashvili, 2529 (peak years...

the double bishop sacrifice. 1895: Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Hastings. Harry Nelson Pillsbury's kingside attack breaks through by a...

+3−7=0), S. Lipschütz (1892, +1−7=7), Albert Hodges (1894, +3−5=1), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (twice, 1897 (+8−10=3) and 1898 (+3−7=2), and Frank Marshall (1909...

now known as a "Lasker–Bauer combination" or "Lasker sacrifice". Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs. Lasker, St Petersburg 1895. A brilliant sacrifice on the 17th...

marvelous." The genius behind the device were players such as Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1898–1904), Albert Beauregard Hodges, Constant Ferdinand Burille...

five finishers at the Hastings 1895 chess tournament were invited: Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Mikhail Chigorin, Emanuel Lasker, Siegbert Tarrasch and William...

was a successor to the American chess tradition of Paul Morphy, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and Frank Marshall. Born in Dunaszerdahely, Austria-Hungary (now...

decade, then received general acceptance around 1900 when played by Harry Nelson Pillsbury and other masters. In his 1953 autobiography, the Russian chess...

where he defeated future world champion Wilhelm Steinitz. In 1893 Harry Nelson Pillsbury had notable success with the Stonewall Attack during the two New...

Chessgames.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023. "David Janowski vs. Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Paris 1900". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023. Bibliography...

title because the U.S. champion at that time, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, did not compete. In 1906 Pillsbury died and Marshall again refused the championship...

Harry Nelson Pillsbury smoking a cigar...

tournament games. However, Tarrasch had a narrow plus score against Harry Nelson Pillsbury of +6−5=2, while Lasker was even +5−5=4. Still, Tarrasch remained...

winning his individual encounter with tournament victor, Harry Nelson Pillsbury. Pillsbury had great respect for Chigorin's ability and for good reason...

in an 1899 game in a simultaneous exhibition in Chicago to beat Harry Nelson Pillsbury, one of the strongest players in the world at the time. An apocryphal...

Lasker (who scored a perfect 13/13), ahead of Jackson Showalter, Harry Nelson Pillsbury and others. He played in the very strong tournaments at Hastings...

went by the records for blindfold exhibitions increased. In 1900 Harry Nelson Pillsbury played 20 games simultaneously in Philadelphia; not long after attempting...

Ignác Kolisch (one of his earliest sponsors), Mikhail Chigorin, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Bernhard Horwitz, Amos Burn and the Cuban and Russian chess communities...

– Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (d. 1949) 1872 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906) 1875 – Arthur Currie, Canadian...

six matches he recorded a score of 3½–2½ against the top American, Harry Pillsbury. It is estimated that Blackburne played 100,000 games in his career...

account of David and Goliath. Pillsbury's mate is a common method of checkmating and is named for Harry Nelson Pillsbury. It works by attacking the king...

London  Emanuel Lasker (German Empire) / Prussia 8 1895 Hastings  Harry Nelson Pillsbury (United States) 9 1899 London  Emanuel Lasker (German Empire) /...

match in St, Louis (+4 −7 =3). In 1899, he lost a match against Harry Nelson Pillsbury in St. Louis (+1 −4 =0). In 1903 he won the Western Chess Association...

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of chess activity in Europe. Another promising American master, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, had died in 1906 at just 33. In the pre-FIDE era, the reigning...

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came second behind Lasker, ahead of other potential challengers Harry Nelson Pillsbury and Mikhail Chigorin. This allowed Steinitz to raise support for...

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