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Isidor Gunsberg

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Isidor Gunsberg
  • Date of Birth:
    November 2, 1854
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Scorpio
  • Place of Birth:
    Budapest, Hungary
  • Place of Death:
    London
  • Date of Death:
    May 2, 1930
  • Sex:
    Male

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Isidor Gunsberg

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    Isidor Gunsberg

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    Isidor Gunsberg
    • His best single performance was his 1887 match against Joseph Henry Blackburne, where he scored 8 of 13 possible points (62%) against a 2744-rated opponent, for a performance rating of 2784.
    • Arpad Elo calculates that his best 5-year average Elo rating was 2560.
    • Won the suit after the British High Court accepted a submission that in chess matters, eight oversights did not make a "blunder."
    • In 1916, sued the Evening News for libel when they said that his chess column contained "blunders".
    • In match play, defeated Joseph Henry Blackburne in 1887 and Henry Bird in 1889.
    • In the late 1880s and early 1890s, was one of the top players in the world.
    • Began his career as the player inside the chess automaton Mephisto, but later became a chess professional.

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