Read the bio below and try to give details on george h. d. gossip 's: - death place - caption - death date - country - birth date - name - birthname - image - birth place Bio: george hatfeild dingley gossip -lrb- december 6 , 1841 -- may 11 , 1907 -rrb- was a minor american-english chess master and writer . he competed in chess tournaments between 1870 and 1895 , playing against most of the world 's leading players , but with only modest success . the writer g. h. diggle calls him '' the king of wooden spoonists '' because he usually finished last in strong tournaments . gossip was also a noted writer . his treatise '' the chess-player 's manual -- a complete guide to chess '' , a 900-page tome published in 1874 after several years of work , was harshly received by the critics , largely because he had included a number of informal skittles games that he had -lrb- atypically -rrb- won against stronger players . as a result , gossip developed a lifelong enmity toward chess critics , whom he often attacked ferociously in his books . however , his 1879 book '' theory of the chess openings '' was well received . wilhelm steinitz , the first world chess champion , wrote that the 1888 edition of '' the chess-player 's manual '' was one of the best available books on the game . thanks in part to a 122-page appendix by s. lipschutz , it became one of the standard opening works of the time . gossip made his living primarily as a journalist , author , and translator . he wrote for publications in england , france , australia , and the united states . at various times he resided in each of those countries , as well as in germany and canada . in 1898 and 1899 , two publishers issued gossip 's sole book about a subject other than chess , '' the jew of chamant '' . published under the pseudonym '' ivan trepoff '' , it was virulently antisemitic . chess writers have often mocked gossip 's play , calling him a '' grandpatzer '' and the like . however , kenneth whyld , one of his previous critics , suggests that history may have judged him unfairly .
- death place is liphook , england- caption is george h. d. gossip- death date is 11 may 1907- country is united states england- birth date is 6 december 1841- name is george h. d. gossip- birthname is george hatfeild dingley gossip- image is george_h . d. _ gossip , _ 1888.jpg- birth place is new york city