Francis Joseph Lee

Francis Joseph Lee (January 1857, London – 12 September 1909, London) was an English chess master.

He played several matches; lost to Isidor Gunsberg (1 : 4) at Bradford 1888, Joseph Henry Blackburne (5 : 9) at London 1890, Emanuel Lasker (0.5 : 1.5) at London 1891, Richard Teichmann (3.5 : 5.5) at London 1898 and (2.5 : 5.5) at London 1901, and won twice against Henry Bird (8 : 5 and 5 : 3) at London 1897.He also participated in two cable matches England vs. USA in 1901 and 1902. [http://www.chessmetrics.com]

He tied for 12-13th at Manchester 1890 (the 6th BCF Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch won ), took 4th at Belfast 1892 ("Quadrangular"), shared 3rd at New York 1893 (Em. Lasker won), tied for for 10-11th at Barmen 1905 (B tournament, Leo Fleischmann won), and tied for 25-26th at Ostend 1907 chess tournament (Masters’ Tournament, Ossip Bernstein and Akiba Rubinstein won). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]

Lee won South African Chess Championship in 1903. He participated in British Chess Championship at Hastings 1904, Shrewsbury 1906, Tunbridge Wells 1908, and Scarborough 1909.

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