Harry Nelson Pillsbury

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Name:	Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Occupation:	Chess Player
Gender:	Male
Birth Day:	December 5, 1872
Death Date:	Jun 17, 1906 (age 33)
Age:	Aged 33
Birth Place:	Somerville, United States
Zodiac Sign:	Sagittarius

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Harry Nelson Pillsbury

Harry Nelson Pillsbury was born on December 5, 1872 in Somerville, United States (33 years old). Harry Nelson Pillsbury is a Chess Player, zodiac sign: Sagittarius. Find out Harry Nelson Pillsburynet worth 2020, salary 2020 detail bellow.

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In spite of his ill health, he beat American champion Jackson Showalter in 1897 to win the U.S. Chess Championship, a title he held until his death in 1906.

Does Harry Nelson Pillsbury Dead or Alive?

As per our current Database, Harry Nelson Pillsbury died on Jun 17, 1906 (age 33).

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Before Fame

He became a force to be reckoned with just two years after learning the game of chess.

Biography Timeline

1872

Pillsbury was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1872 and moved to New York City in 1894, then to Philadelphia in 1898.

1890

By 1890, having only played chess for two years, he beat noted expert H. N. Stone. In April 1892, Pillsbury won a match two games to one against World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz, who gave him odds of a pawn. Pillsbury's rise was meteoric, and there was soon no one to challenge him in the New York chess scene.

1895

Pillsbury had an even record against Lasker (+5−5=4), a feat matched or surpassed by few. He even beat Lasker with the black pieces at Saint Petersburg in 1895 and at Augsburg in 1900 (this was an offhand game, however, not a tournament game):

1896

Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld, in the Fireside Book of Chess, state that this list was devised by H. Threkeld-Edwards, a surgeon, and Prof. Mansfield Merriman, teacher of civil engineering at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, who challenged Pillsbury in Philadelphia, PA, before an exhibition in 1896. (Other sources cite the location of the challenge as London, UK.)

1897

In spite of his ill health, Pillsbury beat American champion Jackson Showalter in 1897 to win the U.S. Chess Championship, a title he held until his death in 1906.

1906

Poor mental and physical health, the result of a syphilis infection, prevented him from realizing his full potential throughout the rest of his life. He succumbed to the illness in a Philadelphia hospital in 1906.

Family Life

Harry's family moved around the eastern seaboard when he was a child.

🎂 Upcoming Birthday

Currently, Harry Nelson Pillsbury is 150 years, 3 months and 27 days old. Harry Nelson Pillsbury will celebrate 151st birthday on a Tuesday 5th of December 2023. Below we countdown to Harry Nelson Pillsbury upcoming birthday.

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