Edward Lion

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Edward or Eduard Löwe (also Loewe , Lowe ) (born September 23, 1794 , † February 25, 1880 in London ) was an English chess player .

biography

Leo, who, according to Johann Berger , came from Prague , came to the British capital around 1820. Since the 1830s he has been a regular visitor to the Grand Cigar Divan founded by Samuel Ries , where the best London chess players met. In 1851, when the first world exhibition was held in London , Löwe founded the Imperial Hotel on the beach . It served as a regular "dump" for foreign chess players. There is also the name “Löwe's Hotel”. Here, for example, Paul Morphy took up residence when he arrived in London in 1858.

Chess career

No facts have come down to us from Löwe's early years. In 1847 he won a competition against Howard Staunton (5: 2) However, he a pawn and two moves pretending . Without specifications, he won against Hugh Alexander Kennedy (7.5: 6.5) in 1849 and lost to Frederic Deacon (2.5: 7.5) in 1851 . He also played against James Hannah in 1856 (8:13). Against the aforementioned Paul Morphy, he lost six free games in June 1858.

Lion also took part in two of the earliest chess tournaments in London, in 1849 at the tournament in Ries' Divan and especially in 1851 in the first international chess tournament held on the occasion of the World's Fair. Löwe was eliminated in the first round against Marmaduke Wyvill (0: 2), who later reached the final against the tournament winner Adolf Anderssen .

literature

  • Mario Ziegler: The Chess Tournament London 1851 . ChessCoach, St. Ingbert 2013. ISBN 978-3-944158-00-6 , pp. 88–91

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leo, Edward , Edo Historical Chess Ratings
  2. ^ A b c Johann Berger: Schach-Jahrbuch für 1892/93 , Veit & Comp., Leipzig 1893, p. 139
  3. ↑ See the mention ("who, during the last thirty years has been a constant visitor of the house"), in: Chess Player's Chronicle , 1861, p. 99
  4. ^ Willard Fiske: The Book of the First American Chess Congress , Rudd & Carlton, New York 1859, p. 513. The owner of the house in "Surrey Street, Strand" is referred to as a "German gentleman".
  5. ↑ Thomas Beeby: An account of the late chess match between Mr. Howard Staunton and Mr. Lowe , Charles Gilpin, London 1848.
  6. ^ Morphy, PC - Lowe, E. 1858 , Edo Historical Chess Ratings
  7. ↑ Results of the "London 1849" tournament ( Memento from March 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Results of the international tournament "London 1851" ( Memento from January 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Leo, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lion, Eduard; Lowe, Edward; Loewe, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English chess player
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1794
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1880
Place of death London