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    Cecil Valentine De Vere (14 February 1846 in London – 9 February 1875 in Torquay) was the winner of the first official British Chess Championship in 1866...
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  • Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814–1902), Irish poet and critic Cecil Valentine De Vere (1845–1875), British chess player Clémentine de Vère (1888-1973), British...
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    he won the British championship by beating the current holder, Cecil Valentine De Vere, and he was therefore regarded as England's best player. His first...
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  • Wilhelm Steinitz (2000 F), Gustav Neumann (1500 F), Cecil Valentine De Vère (1500 F), Jules Arnous de Rivière (1000 F). The first four also got a Sèvres...
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    Steinitz, Gustav Neumann, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Louis Paulsen, Cecil Valentine De Vere, Szymon Winawer, Samuel Rosenthal, von Minckwitz and Adolf Stern...
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    again in 1872 after a play-off against the first British champion, Cecil Valentine De Vere. After this second victory, the British championship was not resumed...
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    Frederick Deacon and the aforementioned Mongredien in 1863 followed by Valentine Green in 1864. This charge up the rankings had a price: in March 1863...
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  • books about English chess players Joseph Henry Blackburne and Cecil Valentine De Vere. Owen Hindle is the author of a study on the history of Norfolk...
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  • and lived in London for many years, where he met and trained Cecil Valentine De Vere in chess. He visited Venezuela in his capacity as a businessman...
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  • leading coal-mine owner (died 1911) 14 February – Cecil Valentine De Vere, born Cecil Valentine Brown, chess player (died 1875) 25 February – George...
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