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	Harry Nelson Pillsbury A Genius Ahead of His Time
		Unfortunately all too often they forget the "Hero of Hastings", Harry Nelson Pillsbury, who won Hastings 1895 (defeating Lasker, Tarrasch and Steinitz among others) and for a period right before and after the start of the 20th century was among the best players in the world.
		HARRY NELSON PILLSBURY: A Genius Ahead of his Time benefits from Cherniaev's observations.
		Describing Pillsbury's style of play, he is of the opinion that Pillsbury had a modern all consuming desire to win and fought to the end.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_jd/Pillsbury_Genius.html (407 words)

	Biography of Harry Pillsbury
		Harry Nelson Pillsbury was born on December 5, 1872 in Somerville, Massachusetts.
		Although he was in the lead after the first half of the event, severe headaches affected him during the second half, and he lost no less than 6 games on his way to a 3rd place finish.
		Pillsbury gave a marvellous performance, winning 13 of the 16 blindfold games, drawing two, and losing only one.
	www.supreme-chess.com /famous-chess-players/harry-pillsbury.html (506 words)

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	A move made to remember a chess great - The Boston Globe
		Pillsbury was devastated by the loss, according to MacInnis, who learned much of what he knows about the chessman from a 1996 book by Jacques Pope.
		Pillsbury's family encouraged him to play chess to take his mind off his grief, and, at the late age of 16, he learned the game.
		Though Pillsbury would reign as US champion from 1897 until his death in 1906, he stopped playing chess in 1904, and his skills were weakened by the disease before that, said MacInnis.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/02/04/a_move_made_to_remember_a_chess_great (988 words)

	Harry Nelson Pillsbury, The Game is Afoot, Biography
		Only 2 years later, in 1890, while he was not quite 18, Pillsbury played a series of Evans Gambits with the veteran Baltimore expert, H.N. Stone, one of the inventors of the Stone-Ware defense in the Evans, and smashed him 5-2.
		So I now quote Pillsbury from the "New Englander" at the time: "I was not seeking the match, and even if I should win I shall leave Showalter in possession of the title; I am not in search of any title but one." He still had aspirations for a match with Dr. Lasker.
		Pillsbury died in July 1906, of syphilis at the age of 34.
	www.starfireproject.com /chess/pillsbury.html (922 words)

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		Pillsbury aprendeu xadrez em Boston, Estado de Massachusetts, aos dezesseis anos, o que hoje corresponderia a um obstáculo quase fatal às chances de qualquer jogador tornar-se um grande mestre.
		Pillsbury olhou a lista por alguns minutos, repetiu as palavras na ordem dada e em seguida na ordem inversa.
		Pillsbury assumiu o posto em 1890 e operou a máquina, com intervalos para a participação em torneios internacionais, até 1900, uma incrível demonstração de resistência.
	www.jundchess.com.br /bibliografias/bib_harry.htm (722 words)

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		Although Tarrasch beat Pillsbury in round 33 to overtake him, the American immediately went back in the lead as Tarrasch in his turn was beaten by Janowski.
		Pillsbury played 21 Ng4?, eyeing holes in Black's kingside, but was rocked by 21...h5 which won a pawn: 22 Ne5 Nxe5 23 Rxe5 Rxc4.
		Pillsbury, needing a win, switched to 1 d4 but could only draw, the only one of their six games at Vienna that was not a win for White.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/kibitz20.txt (1851 words)

	Pillsbury vs. Showalter Match, 1897 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harry Nelson Pillsbury was an enigmatic figure in US Chess History.
		Pillsbury agreed to play the match, but did not want the title of US Champion, leaving it in Showalter's possession after the match was over.
		Pillsbury’s conduct of some of the games is a model one, while in others he proved rather venturesome, and, contrary to his style, he often gave up a Pawn for a future attack.
	members.aol.com /graemecree/chesschamps/us/1897.htm (450 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Harry Nelson Pillsbury, the American tragedy
		Harry Nelson Pillsbury was born on December 5, 1872, in Somerville, Massachusetts.
		Pillsbury, on the other hand, won his three concluding games and finished ahead of all the greatest players of his day.
		Pillsbury was so broken-hearted that he suffered a further five defeats (!) an in the end did not even take second place.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=3182 (1938 words)

	Pillsbury Memorial 2006
		Harry Nelson Pillsbury was a virtual unknown from America, formerly a regular at a little chess room at the corner of Boylston and Tremont Street in Boston, and a secret inhabitant of the invincible chess machine Ajeeb which took on all players,.
		Harry Nelson Pillsbury was tall and angular and he could have passed for the Hollywood Sherlock Holmes.
		Harry was nothing less than a virtuoso a Mozart of the chess board, his flame extinguishing itself long before it's time.
	www.hastingschess.org.uk /history_pillsbury.htm (1749 words)

	Amazon.ca: Pillsbury's Chess Career: Books: P. W. Sergeant,W. H. Watts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		however this remains the best record there is of harry nelson pillsbury an american chess genius in the same mould as morphy and fischer.
		pillsburys best games all appear here and they exhibit a grand sweep and vitaity of purpose which would make them the envy of any modern grandmaster.
		his win against tarrasch from hastings for example is a classic race between pillsburys king side attack and tarraschs slaughterous juggernaut on the other wing- richard reti likened it to a hollywood film drama where the heroine is tied to a rail track and the hero dashes nail bitingly to rescue her in time.
	www.amazon.ca /Pillsburys-Chess-Career-P-Sergeant/dp/1843820099 (660 words)

	Harry Nelson Pillsbury, USA
		Pillsbury galt zwischen 1895 und 1904 zu den stärksten Spielern der Welt.
		Mit einem Schlage musste man Pillsbury zu den führenden Meistern seiner Zeit zählen, und diesem Anspruch wurde er auch in der Folge immer wieder gerecht, obwohl es ihm nicht mehr gelang, noch einmal einen ähnlich spektakulären Erfolg zu erzielen.
		Pillsbury machte sich zusätzlich einen Namen durch die bereits erwähnten Blindsimultan - Vorstellungen und andere Gedächtniskunststücke.
	home.arcor.de /jwendli/schach/chessalt/ungekroe/Personen/17.htm (433 words)

	Harry Nelson Pillsbury - Gnorx.com, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Pillsbury was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and grew up in Philadelphia.
		Pillsbury also had an even score against Steinitz (+5-5=3) and Tarrasch (+5-5=2), but a slight minus against Chigorin (+7-8=6) and surprisingly against Joseph Henry Blackburne (+3-5=4), while he beat David Janowski (+6-4=2) and Geza Maroczy (+4-3=7) and crushed Carl Schlechter (+8-2=9).
		Some said that Pillsbury ruined his health by all his blindfold displays, but those critics were evidently unaware of the fatal organic illness.
	www.gnorx.com /Harry_Nelson_Pillsbury (604 words)

	Harry Nelson Pillsbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pillsbury's rise was meteoric, and there was soon no one to challenge him in the New York chess scene.
		Pillsbury was a very strong blindfold chess player, and could play checkers and chess simultaneously while playing a hand of whist, and reciting a list of long words.
		In spite of this, Pillsbury beat American champion Jackson Showalter in 1897 to win the U.S. Chess Championship, a title he held until he succumbed to syphilis in 1906.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Nelson_Pillsbury (668 words)

	Pillsbury - Player information - PlayChess - play chess tournaments and chess games online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harry Nelson Pillsbury was a relevation in the chess world after winning the legendary tournament in Hastings 1895 ahead of Chigorin the World Champion Lasker, Tarrasch and Steinitz.
		For the chess world, this was a tragic loss, as Pillsbury was seen as one of Laskers hardest competitors.Pillsburys mentals talents were not confined to chess.
		Pillsbury recited the list and afterwards he did it once more - only this time backwards.
	www.playchess.de /players/Pillsbury?mode=popup (177 words)

	ET Foreword
		In the spring of 1895, at the age of 22, Pillsbury was invited to the ‘Grand International Chess Tournament’ in Hastings (England) – the greatest tournament in chess history up till that time.
		Pillsbury lost against Lasker, but this was only a minor setback for him.
		Pillsbury seated himself at a small vacant table while twenty local players of chess and checkers were sitting along a row of tables a few metres away from him, with the boards placed in front of them.
	armin-risi.ch /html/ettgpg_tmg.htm (891 words)

	ChessNut.net -- Pillsbury - Lasker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 1896, Pillsbury was a new man on the chess scene, having won the famous tournament at Hastings the previous year.
		Pillsbury - Lasker 1895 Lasker unleashed a combination, which was nothing short of brilliant, and won convincingly.
		By this time, Pillsbury was a sick man. In fact, he would be dead within two years.
	chessnut.net /pillsbury-lasker.htm (274 words)

	AICCF BULLETIN:CHAPTER 8
		Pillsbury was born on December 5, 1872 in Somerville, Massachusetts.
		Pillsbury was primarily responsible for the 1st International Women’s chess tournament held at Hotel Cecil in London in 1897, won by Ms.
		Harry Pillsbury’s memory feats were just as legendary as his simultaneous blindfold play.
	www.geocities.com /Colosseum/Lodge/2398/may05/may05_files/chap08.htm (3502 words)

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		Pillsbury returned to America and was (get this) challenged by the American Champion Showalter.
		Pillsbury then went back to Europe, because that was where the best players were.
		Pillsbury would give simultaneous exhibitions playing 10 chess players and 10 checker players, while playing whist.
	dev.jaced.com:8080 /htm/c/cbios/cbios_pillsbury.htm (920 words)

	The chess games of Harry Nelson Pillsbury
		In addition to chess, Pillsbury was also noted for his ability at checkers (draughts) (he ranked among the top twenty players in the United States at one time) and card games.
		It must have been frustrating to Pillsbury at that exact moment in time, to feel he was the strongest player in the world, but the champion could just hold onto his title by avoiding people.
		Strangely, Pillsbury is listed as the #1 player in the world in 1903 and 1904, when anybody who knows Pillsbury's games and career knows that he was already in decline at that point.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=10506 (1719 words)

	Harry Pillsbury (August 27, 2003)
		In April, 1890, (age 17) Pillsbury competed in his first chess tournament, in the 4th annual Massachuesetts Chess Association tournament.
		Pillsbury won the match with 2 wins and 1 loss.
		When Pillsbury won, he refused the title of American Champion, so Showalter remained US Champion.
	www.geocities.com /siliconvalley/lab/7378/pillsbur.htm (969 words)

	Chessville Vignettes - Harry Nelson Pillsbury - Chess Biographies by YOU! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Pillsbury was born on December 5, 1872 in Somerville, Massachusetts.
		In April 1892 when Pillsbury was but 20 years old, the World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz, paid a visit to Boston, and played a 3-game match against Pillsbury, now the strongest player in America.
		Pillsbury returned to America and was challenged by the American Champion Showalter.
	www.chessville.com /misc/History/vignettes/Pillsbury.htm (716 words)

	Star Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harry Nelson Pillsbury is perhaps the third greatest American player after Paul Morphy of the olden days and, of course, Bobby Fischer (world champion 1972-75) of our times.
		Pillsbury was an exceptionally gifted man who could have become a great musician also.
		Pillsbury retained his faith in attack but, like the modern players, his play was based on building a set-up with the goal of unleashing a powerful kingside attack.
	www.thedailystar.net /magazine/2004/04/01/time.htm (339 words)

	The Kenilworthian: Harry Nelson Pillsbury (December 5, 1872 - June 17, 1906)
		Reading the excellent piece by Garry Kasparov at ChessBase on some of Harry Nelson Pillsbury's games, I was reminded that June 17, 2006 was the 100th Anniversary of the former U.S. champion's death (an event honored in his birthplace of Somerville, MA with a memorial).
		Jacques Pope's Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American Chess Champion (Ann Arbor: Pawn Island Press, 1996) -- reviewed favorably at ChessCafe -- may be the most current.
		Edward Winter is able to list only ten Books About Pillsbury at his site, most of which are obscure.
	www.kenilworthchessclub.org /kenilworthian/2006/06/harry-nelson-pillsbury-december-5-1872.html (431 words)

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		Pope, 1996 Pawn Island Press, Algebraic Notation, Softcover, 376pp., $26.95 Until now, fans of the turn-of-the-century American star Harry Nelson Pillsbury have had to be content with the short biography and couple of hundred games provided by Sergeant and Watts' book "Pillsbury's Chess Career" to study their hero.
		This writer, at least, was unaware of the negotiations that occurred between Pillsbury and Lasker while the latter was visiting the U.S. in 1901.
		Topics for investigation by future Pillsbury researchers might include uncovering additional data about "Martin" and Pillsbury's wife, Mary Bush; whether there are any living relatives in the Pillsbury family and locating more contemporary sources from Pillsbury's time both in the U.S. and Europe.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/pillsby.txt (689 words)

	Chrisendom: The Great Pillsbury's 100th Death Day
		Harry Nelson Pillsbury was one of the greatest chess talents of his time.
		He died exactly 100 years ago yesterday, but his chess games continue to inspire me. Chess is not only a fight, but an art, and Pillsbury was a master of this art.
		Pillsbury looked at the list, repeated the words, and then again in reverse order.
	www.christilling.de /blog/2006/06/great-pillsburys-100th-death-day.html (656 words)

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