Robert Henry Barnes (2 October 1849 – January 1916) was a British–German
chess player.
He played in Germany, at Frankfurt 1884 (4th scoring 7.5/11); at Frankfurt 1887 (5th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier A'', 1st scoring 8/9, and ''Siegergruppe'', 5-6th scoring 1/5); at Leipzig 1894 (9th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier A'', 1st scoring 5/5, and ''Siegergruppe'', 3rd-5th scoring 4/7); and won at Eisenach (10th
DSB Congress The '' Deutscher Schachbund'' (DSB) was founded in Leipzig on 18 July, 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Cha ...
) scoring 10.5/14.
[http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]
He was an English teacher in Frankfurt and for many years the chairman of the Frankfurt Chess Club. He died in Bad Nauheim in January 1916.
References
External links
Robert Henry Barnes at www.chessgames.comRobert Henry Barnes at 365Chess.com
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1849 births
1916 deaths
19th-century chess players