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Liverpool Versus Calcutta, 1880
Liverpool versus Calcutta, 1880, was the world's first intercontinental, long-distance chess match. History The match was played via electrical telegraph, predating and later inspiring the Anglo-American cable chess matches of 1896 to 1911. The match was played between the Liverpool Chess Club in Liverpool and a team from Calcutta (now Kolkata), over the course of several months. The match was proposed by Robert Steel, a wealthy businessman in Calcutta who was also a renowned chess player, in addition to being a former president of the Liverpool Chess Club. ''The British Chess Magazine'' reported that the match was "exciting great interest in chess circles all over the world", ''The Chess Monthly'' referred to the match as "the leading topic of chess conversation", the '' Chess Player's Chronicle'' called it "the most remarkable event of the kind", and the London '' Daily News'' similarly termed it "a most remarkable match in the history of chess." At the time, a telegram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Calcutta Chess Match Game A, 1880
Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its ESPON metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom, metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient Hundred (county division), hundred of West Derby (hundred), West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in 1207, a City status in the United Kingdom, city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its Port of Liverpool, growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
