Joseph Henry Blake (chess player)

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playername = Joseph Henry Blake


birthname = Joseph Henry Blake
country = ENG
datebirth = birth date|1859|2|3
placebirth = Farnborough
datedeath = death date and age|1951|12|11|1859|2|3
placedeath = Kingston-upon-Thames
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Joseph Henry Blake (3 February 1859, Farnborough – 11 December 1951, Kingston-upon-Thames) was an English chess master.

Blake was a winner in many tournaments played in England in the end of 19th century. He won at Stamford 1887, Oxford 1891 (joint), Brighton 1892, Cambridge 1893, and Salisbury 1898 (joint). He also took 5th at Manchester 1882, tied for 3-4th at Birmingham 1883 ("Section B"), took 4th at Bath 1884, tied for 6-8th at London 1889 (Henry Bird won), took 2nd at Cambridge 1890, tied for 3rd-4th at Woodhall Spa 1893, shared 2nd at Craigside 1895, took 3rd at Hastings ("Amateur") 1895, took 2nd, behind Henry Ernest Atkins, at Bristol 1896, and won at Folkestone 1901. [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]

He took 2nd in an international correspondence tournament organised by "Le Monde Illustré" in 1895, shared 1st in the 1909 British Championship in Scarborough but lost to Atkins the play-off, and shared 1st at London 1911. He was British correspondence champion in 1922. [ [http://www.chessgames.com Chess Games Database ] ]

Blake represented England in cable matches against the United States in 1902, 1909 and 1910. [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ]

His best achievement was victory, ahead of Géza Maróczy, George Alan Thomas, Frederick Yates and Boris Kostić, at Weston-super-Mare 1922. [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1922weston.htm weston ] ] He shared 2nd at London 1922 ("Major Open"), tied for 7-8th at Hastings International Chess Congress 1922/23 (Akiba Rubinstein won), took 2nd, behind Thomas, at London 1923, took 5th at Liverpool 1923 (Jacques Mieses won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1923liverpool.htm liverpool ] ] tied for 7-8th at Hastings 1923/24 (Max Euwe won), tied for 6-7th at Weston-super-Mare 1924 (Euwe won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1924weston.htm weston ] ] took 2nd, behind R.P. Michell, at London 1925, took 4th at London 1926 (Victor Buerger won), and tied for 7-9th at Weston-super-Mare 1926 (Euwe won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1926weston.htm weston ] ]

He is an author of "Chess ending for beginners" (London 1900). [Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). "Szachy od A do Z". Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]

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