Ellen Gilbert

Ellen E. Gilbert was a strong 19th century correspondence chess player, and one of the first significant women players in chess history. She became famous for her match victory against George H. D. Gossip. Gossip, who had won the 187374 correspondence chess tournament of the ChessPlayers Chronicle, was thought by some to be the strongest correspondence player known. Gilbert, playing first board for the United States in an 1879 correspondence chess match against England, won all four of her games against Gossip. This enabled the American team to win the match 2723. Her victories, combined with her announcing mate inmoves in one game, and mate inmoves in another, caused a sensation in the chess world. She was hailed as The Queen of Chess, and poems and at least one chess problem was composed in her honor. Her games were analyzed by Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Champion, who confirmed the accuracy of her analyses. Gossip responded gallantly, dedicating his book Theory of t

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