The tournament at Nürnberg 1896 should have become 10. Deutschen Schachbund Kongreß, but the local chess club took over the organisation and included no minor groups. Finally, the 10th DSB Congress wa
Standing: Lasker, Charousek, Schlechter, two organisers, Janowsky, Maróczy, Marco, Showalter, three organisers. Seated: Albin, Porges, Chigorin, Tarrasch, Winawer, Steinitz, Blackburne, Schallopp, Schiffers, Pillsbury, Walbrodt, Teichmann
Joseph Henry Blackburne
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Joseph Henry Blackburne was a British chess player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the British scene during the latter part of the 19th century. Blackburne learned the game at the relativel
Blackburne's contemporary Wilhelm Steinitz dominated chess in the 1870s and 1880s
Emanuel Lasker, Steinitz's successor as World Chess Champion, dominated the second half of Blackburne's playing career
Blackburne circa 1890