Pillsbury, Harry Nelson (1872-1906)
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (Public Domain)
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GENERAL INFO
| Description: Harry Nelson Pillsbury was an American chess player. At the age of 22, he won one of the strongest tournaments of the time and qualified to play the World Chess Championship. However, he contracted the disease of syphilis, which in 1906 became complicated with tuberculosis, dying prematurely and was unable to participate. Pillsbury had a portentous memory, making exhibitions of blindchess and also played Whist and checkers. | |
| Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Somerville, Massachusetts, United States / Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. | Country Tags: United States. |
| Centuries: XIX-XX | Title: – |
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IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Ajedrez de ataque: Harry Nelson Pillsbury, la luz que se extinguió: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%20Articulos/22%20Pillsbury/Pillsbury.htm – [27/04/2018].
- Chessbase.com: Harry Nelson Pillsbury, the american tragedy: https://en.chessbase.com/post/harry-nelson-pillsbury-the-american-tragedy – [27/04/2018].
- Harry Nelson Pillsbury at chess.com: https://www.chess.com/blog/MattyDPerrine/top-chess-players-in-history-7-harry-nelson-pillsbury – [27/04/2018].
- Harry Nelson Pillsbury chess games and profile in chess-db.com: https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=8000000533 – [27/04/2018].
- Harry Nelson Pillsbury chess games at 365Chess.com: https://www.365chess.com/players/Harry_Nelson_Pillsbury – [27/04/2018].
- Harry Nelson Pillsbury player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/player/harry_nelson_pillsbury.html – [27/04/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Harry Nelson Pillsbury: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nelson_Pillsbury – [27/04/2018].
Bibliography
- Andy Soltis (2005). Why Lasker Matters. Batsford, London, United Kingdom.
- Averbakh, Yuri. (2012). A history of chess. From Chaturanga to the present day. Milford, USA: Russel enterprises Inc.
- Cherniaev, Alexander (2006). Harry Nelson Pillsbury: A Genius Ahead of His Time. Books from Europe.
- Eales, Richard. (2002). Chess: The history of a game. Glasgow, Scotland: Hardinge Simpole Publishing.
- Elo, Arpad E. (2008). The rating of chess players, Past and Present. New York: Ishi Press.
- Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.
