Samuel Tinsley was a chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 player born in Barnet

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, Hertfordshire

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 in 1847, where he grew up. Unlike most masters, he did not take up chess until late in life, beginning to play the game seriously well into his forties.

His most notable achievements include sharing seventh prize at Manchester, 1890 with Simon Alapin and Theodor von Scheve

Theodor von Scheve

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Tinsley died in 1903.