Louisville vs. Chicago, 1877

John Dunlap Adair
The Hand-Book of Chicago Biography,
ed. John J. Flinn (Chicago: 1893), p.20

Thanks to our fellow blogger at A Chess Reader for pointing us to John S. Hilbert's great article on Chess Cafe.

I really don't link to Chess Cafe enough, as Chicago-themed items are relatively infrequent. But it's one of the best chess sites on the web.

"Henry Hosmer: A forgotten western player"

Commodities traders were strong chess players in the nineteenth century, too!  Check out A Chess Reader for a generous sample of Henry Hosmer's games.

Adair-Uedemann, 1879

Here's another delightful post on local chess history from A Chess Reader.  Louis Uedemann and J.D. Adair were very well-matched when they played for Chicago bragging rights, and their play looks energetic and reasonably sound 133 years later.

"Early chess editors of the Chicago Tribune"

If you have any interest in Chicago history or chess history, go read this delightful post from the delightful blog (new to me!) A Chess Reader.

Take a bow, blogger!

Louis Uedemann Photo 1904

SDN-002332, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum.