Gifford, H.W. Birkmyre




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1873  147  2221 (70) 13
1874  136  2228 (64) 14
1875  144  2235 (63) 8
1876  144  2219 (63) 1
1877  134  2223 (61) 0
1878  139  2226 (55) 22
1879  138  2225 (63) 0
1880  150  2225 (66) 0
1881  160  2224 (66) 12

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Gifford, Henry William Birkmyre  
Born: 1847
Died: 12 Apr. 1924
 
Notes:
The Field of 27 Jun. 1874 has 'W.H.B. Gifford'. Full name sent by Dominique Thimognier, who has the spelling 'Berkmyre'.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 145
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 225
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 106, 107, 132
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 226
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 152
   Nederlandschen Schaakbond, Nederlandschen Schaakbond, 1873, page 3
Periodicals
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 6, July 1874, page 131
   [Fld], 27 June 1874
   [Fld], 12 Sep. 1874
   [Sis], vol. 5, no. 5, 1872, page 139
   [Sis], vol. 5, no. 11, 1872, page 340
   [Sis], vol. 1, 1873, page 78, 200
   [Str], vol. 6, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1873, page 112
   [WP], vol. 6, no. 7, 1 Nov. 1873, page 132
Web
   van Reek, Jan.  [pgn file of Dutch tournaments]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5156. H. Gifford]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5163. Blackburne and Kasparyan]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 5180. Gifford]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Blackburne, J.H. - Gifford, H.W.B. 1874         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

The Hague 1873     1st Netherland Chess Federation Tourney     9.5  /  12
  Gifford, H.W.B. - Blijdenstein, B.W.     1 - 0    
Amsterdam 1874     2nd Netherland Chess Federation Tourney     10  /  12
  Gifford, H.W.B. - de Lelie, A.A.G.     0 - 1    
Rotterdam 1875     3rd Netherland Chess Federation Tournament     7  /  8
Gouda 1876     Netherland Chess Federation Tournament    
  Gifford, H.W.B. - Messemaker, C.     0 - 1    
Paris 1878     Paris International Chess Congress     3.5  /  22
Paris 1881 (3)     2nd French National Tournament     4.5  /  12

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025