George H. D. Gossip, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George H. D. Gossip

American-British chess player

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1841

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-May-1907

Profession: chess player, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About George H. D. Gossip

  • George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip (December 6, 1841 – May 11, 1907) was a minor American-English chess master and writer.
  • He competed in chess tournaments between 1870 and 1895, playing against most of the world's leading players, but with only modest success.
  • The writer G.
  • H.
  • Diggle calls him "the King of Wooden Spoonists" because he usually finished last in strong tournaments. Gossip was also a noted writer.
  • His treatise The Chess-Player's Manual—A Complete Guide to Chess, a 900-page tome published in 1874 after several years of work, was harshly received by the critics, largely because he had included a number of informal skittles games that he had (atypically) won against stronger players.
  • As a result, Gossip developed a lifelong enmity toward chess critics, whom he often attacked ferociously in his books.
  • However, his 1879 book Theory of the Chess Openings was well received.
  • Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Chess Champion, wrote that the 1888 edition of The Chess-Player's Manual was one of the best available books on the game.
  • Thanks in part to a 122-page appendix by S.
  • LipschĂĽtz, it became one of the standard opening works of the time. Gossip made his living primarily as a journalist, author, and translator.
  • He wrote for publications in England, France, Australia, and the United States.
  • At various times he resided in each of those countries, as well as in Germany and Canada.
  • In 1898 and 1899, two publishers issued Gossip's sole book about a subject other than chess, The Jew of Chamant.
  • Published under the pseudonym "Ivan Trepoff", it was virulently antisemitic. Chess writers have often mocked Gossip's play, calling him a "grandpatzer" and the like.
  • Kenneth Whyld, however, one of his previous critics, suggests that history may have judged his strength unfairly.

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