As some of you know, I enjoy writing brief biographies of players, preferably
from the mid-19th century. It is a good time for me to write now; just back
from a productive trip, with some summer break still left. My last such attempt
was on a player I had never heard of (Isaac Trabue) proposed by Anders Thulin in
this newsgroup. Since I enjoyed the subject last time, does anyone have a new
person to propose?

Jerry Spinrad

Subject: Subject for a brief bio?

On 19 July 2004 (Jeremy Spinrad) wrote in
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As some of you know, I enjoy writing brief biographies of players, preferably
from the mid-19th century. It is a good time for me to write now; just back
from a productive trip, with some summer break still left. My last such
attempt
was on a player I had never heard of (Isaac Trabue) proposed by Anders Thulin
in
this newsgroup. Since I enjoyed the subject last time, does anyone have a new

person to propose?

Jerry Spinrad


How about Preston Ware Jr. (1821-1890), a key member of the "Mandarins of the
Yellow Button" of Boston?

George Mirijanian

(1) Victor Knorre? The dozen or so known games against Zukertort have
him at 50% (last I checked) but I know nothing about the guy.

(2) The Campbell who defeated Barnes in a match (I think it's Joseph
G. Campbell)

(3) I was going to say Serafino Dubois but apparently you've already
written something about him, though I couldn't find it on the web.

(4) Boncourt (I couldn't find a first name for him either)