Edward Löwe (also Eduard Loewe; 23 September 1794 – 24 February 1880)
was a Bohemian-born, after 1830 naturalized English
chess
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master
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.
Personal life
Löwe was born in Prague and died in London.
Match and tournament results
In 1847, he won a match with
Howard Staunton
Howard Staunton (April 1810 – 22 June 1874) was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Ama ...
(5–2), but his opponent gave
odds
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of pawn and two moves. In regular matches, he won against
Hugh Alexander Kennedy (7½–6½) in 1849, and lost to
Frederick Deacon
Frederick Horace Deacon (January 1829 – 20 November 1875, in Brixton, London) was a British chess master. He is mainly notable for spurious claims to have drawn against Paul Morphy, making himself both notorious and unpopular.
He won a match a ...
(2½–7½) in 1851, James Hannah (8–13) in 1857, and
Paul Morphy
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(0–6) in 1858. The match against Morphy took place in Lowe's Hotel, which belonged to Löwe.
In tournaments, he won against Arthur Simons (2–0) and lost to George Webb Medley (1½–2½) at London 1849 (''Ries' Divan'',
Henry Thomas Buckle
Henry Thomas Buckle (24 November 1821 – 29 May 1862) was an English historian, the author of an unfinished ''History of Civilization'', and a strong amateur chess player. He is sometimes called "the Father of Scientific History".
Early life ...
won), and lost a match to
Marmaduke Wyvill (0–2) at the
London 1851 chess tournament
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(
Adolf Anderssen
Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (July 6, 1818 – March 13, 1879)"Anderssen, Adolf" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a German chess master. He won the great internat ...
won).
London
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References
Sources
*Lawson, David (1976). ''Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess''. David McKay, 1976. .
Further reading
*
*'' Chess Monthly'', 1879–80, p. 255
*''Chess Player's Chronicle
The ''Chess Player's Chronicle'', founded by Howard Staunton and extant in 1841–56 and 1859–62, was the world's first successful English-language magazine devoted exclusively to chess. Various unrelated but identically or similarly named publi ...
'', 1880, p. 86
*''Deutsche Schachzeitung ''Deutsche Schachzeitung'' (English: "''German Chess Paper''") was the first German chess magazine.
Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title ''Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft'' and appearing monthly, it took the name ''Deutsch ...
'', 1880, pp. 107, 200–201
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1794 births
1880 deaths
Sportspeople from Prague
British people of Czech-Jewish descent
British Jews
Czech chess players
British chess players
Jewish chess players
19th-century chess players
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