Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2005 7:14:14 GMT
I M Friedberger
Winner of the club championship in 1900.
I M Friedberger
By Brian Denman
There is a problem over the first initial of I M Friedberger. His name is often quoted as J M Friedberger, though this is probably wrong. At a time when scripts were often handwritten, it was probably not too difficult to confuse the letters 'I' and 'J'.
In the Chess Player's Chronicle of 1882 a J M Friedberger is listed as representing the Birmingham CC. This may well have been the player who joined the Hastings CC towards the end of the 1890's. He won the club championship in 1900 and, as the club captain, took it upon himself (and his wife probably) to arrange a club party early in 1901. Most of the active members were invited to the reception in the club rooms and music was provided.
I have made an internet search of the 1901 census looking for Friedberger's name and there is listed for Hastings an Isidor M Friedberger, born about 1843 in Germany, and a retired missionary. There is a good chance that this was the chess player.
Friedberger was a keen correspondence player and he represented the South against the North in correspondence matches in 1900-01 and 1902-03. He also played for Southern Counties against Northern Counties in this same type of chess in about 1907. He played a few correspondence matches for the county and in the 1907-08 season he defeated the well-known player R C Griffith in a match against Middlesex. In the same season he played on board one for the county in a correspondence match against Cumberland and won against W Butler.
This was to be his swan song for the county, for by 1907 he had already started to play for Kent in over-the-board chess and he had also begun to turn out for the Tunbridge Wells CC. The last mention that I have of him is of playing for Kent against Essex in a 1911-12 correspondence match. I enclose two of his games:
Update 15 April 2013: Extensive further information, including a photograph, have been provided by Brian Denman. See:
Winner of the club championship in 1900.
I M Friedberger
By Brian Denman
There is a problem over the first initial of I M Friedberger. His name is often quoted as J M Friedberger, though this is probably wrong. At a time when scripts were often handwritten, it was probably not too difficult to confuse the letters 'I' and 'J'.
In the Chess Player's Chronicle of 1882 a J M Friedberger is listed as representing the Birmingham CC. This may well have been the player who joined the Hastings CC towards the end of the 1890's. He won the club championship in 1900 and, as the club captain, took it upon himself (and his wife probably) to arrange a club party early in 1901. Most of the active members were invited to the reception in the club rooms and music was provided.
I have made an internet search of the 1901 census looking for Friedberger's name and there is listed for Hastings an Isidor M Friedberger, born about 1843 in Germany, and a retired missionary. There is a good chance that this was the chess player.
Friedberger was a keen correspondence player and he represented the South against the North in correspondence matches in 1900-01 and 1902-03. He also played for Southern Counties against Northern Counties in this same type of chess in about 1907. He played a few correspondence matches for the county and in the 1907-08 season he defeated the well-known player R C Griffith in a match against Middlesex. In the same season he played on board one for the county in a correspondence match against Cumberland and won against W Butler.
This was to be his swan song for the county, for by 1907 he had already started to play for Kent in over-the-board chess and he had also begun to turn out for the Tunbridge Wells CC. The last mention that I have of him is of playing for Kent against Essex in a 1911-12 correspondence match. I enclose two of his games:
Update 15 April 2013: Extensive further information, including a photograph, have been provided by Brian Denman. See: