Gunsberg, Isidor (1854-1930)
Isidor Gunsberg (1900. Public Domain)
| Alternative last name spellings: – |
| Alternative first name spellings: Arthur. |
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GENERAL INFO
| Description: Isidor Gunsberg was a Hungarian chess player, nationalized British, known for narrowly losing the match of the World Chess Championship of 1891 against Wilhelm Steinitz. He started his career as the player who operates the chess automaton Mephisto, but then he became a professional chess player. At the end of the 1880s Gunsberg was one of the best players in the world. He also highlighted the edition of books and the organization of tournaments. | |
| Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Budapest, Hungary. / London, England. |
Country Tags: Hungary. United Kingdom. |
| Centuries: XIX-XX. | Title: – |
| World Champion: – | School: – |
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IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Ajedrez de ataque: El autómata Mephisto: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%20Articulos/00%20Otros%20articulos/Computadoras/Automatas/Mephisto.htm – [05/06/2018].
- Isidor Gunsberg chess games and profile in chess-db.com: https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=8000000417 – [05/06/2018].
- Isidor Gunsberg chess games at 365Chess.com: https://www.365chess.com/players/Isidor_Gunsberg – [05/06/2018].
- Isidor Gunsberg in chess.com: https://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/gunsberg-isidor-arthur – [05/06/2018].
- Isidor Gunsberg player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=12808 – [05/06/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Isidor Gunsberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isidor_Gunsberg – [05/06/2018].
Bibliography
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- Eales, Richard. (2002). Chess: The history of a game. Glasgow, Scotland: Hardinge Simpole Publishing.
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- Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lawson, Dominic(1993). The Inner Game. Macmillan.
- Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.
