Jeremy Gaige

Jeremy Gaige (born 1927) is an American chess archivist and journalist. He is known for his work collecting and publishing tournament results and basic biographical data on chess players. Hooper and Whyld call his works "scrupulously written" and "a source of reference for chess journalists and writers all over the world". [citation
last1=Hooper | first1=David | author1-link=David Vincent Hooper
last2=Whyld | first2=Kenneth | author2-link=Kenneth Whyld
year=1992 | title=The Oxford Companion to Chess | edition=2
publisher=Oxford University Press
isbn=0-19-280049-3
page=149] Gaige's 1969 book, "A Catalog of Chess Players and Problemists", contains about 3000 names with dates and places of birth and death. Chess writers began sending him information, and "Chess Personalia" (1987) is greatly expanded, listing about 14,000 names with dates and places of birth and death along with references to sources of biographical information.

Works

*"A Catalog of Chess Players and Problemists". (1969)
*"Chess Tournament Crosstables, vol I, 1851–1900". (1969)
*"Chess Tournament Crosstables, vol II, 1851–1900". (1971)
*"Chess Tournament Crosstables, vol III, 1901–1920". (1972)
*"Chess Tournament Crosstables, vol IV, 1921–1931". (1974)
*"Chess Tournaments - A Checklist: Vol I: 1849-1950" (1984)
*"Chess Tournaments - A Checklist: Vol II: 1951-1980" (1984)
*"Chess Tournament Crosstables, vol I, 1851–1900". (1985). Revised version of the 1969 edition.
*"FIDE-Titled Correspondence Players" (1985)
*"Catalog of British Chess Personalia" (1985)
*"Chess Personalia—A Biobibliography". (1987), reprinted (2005). McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
*"Catalog of USA Chess Composers" (1987)
*"Swiss Chess Personalia" (1987)
*"FIDE-titled composers" (1988)
*"Problemist obituary index" (1989)
*"Chess Personalia—A Biobibliography". (1989). Private circulated update of the 1987 edition.
*"Index of obituaries in the British Chess Magazine 1881-1988" (1989)
*"British FIDE and ICCF titleholders" (1989)
*"FIDE Female Titleholders" (1991)
*"USA FIDE-Titled Players & Arbiters" (1993).
*"Chess Personalia—A Biobibliography". (1994). Private circulated update of the 1987 edition.

References

External links

* Jeremy Gaige by Edward Winter [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter06.html#3595._Jeremy_Gaige]
* BCPS Library Catalogue, 18 Jun 07: Unpublished and personal material [http://www.bcps.knightsfield.co.uk/libcat.txt]