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Henry Conway
H Conway 
 

Number of games in database: 6
Years covered: 1787 to 1790
Overall record: +3 -3 =0 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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HENRY CONWAY
(born Jul-21-1719, died Jul-09-1795, 75 years old) United Kingdom

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Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession, and eventually rose to the rank of Field Marshal in 1759.

He shared a passion for chess along with his cousin, Horace Walpole.

Wikipedia article: Henry Seymour Conway

Last updated: 2024-10-24 15:06:11

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. de Beaurevoir vs H Conway 0-1221787CasualA84 Dutch
2. T Bowdler vs H Conway 1-0231788Casual gameC20 King's Pawn Game
3. J Bruehl vs H Conway 1-0391788CasualC23 Bishop's Opening
4. H Conway vs J Bruehl 1-0411788CasualC23 Bishop's Opening
5. H Conway vs J Bruehl 1-0311788CasualC26 Vienna
6. H Conway vs Philidor 0-1461790Philidor Mixed simul, 3b LondonC23 Bishop's Opening
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-22-07  Calli: Henry Seymour Conway (1721-1795)
Oct-22-07  Sourav: If Conway died in 1795, then how have two of his games mentioned above been marked as played in 1801?
Oct-22-07  Calli: <Sourav> Good point. The De Beaurevoir game was actually played in May 1787 and the Brühl game in 1788. Source: Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games.
Oct-23-07  Thorski: "Conway's Game of Chess" would make an excellent pun for a GotD. =P
Oct-25-07  Sourav: <Calli> Thank You!
Apr-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  playground player: I hope he was a better general than he was a chess player.
Jan-12-11  abstract: Ive seen this player somewhere on a dollar banknote
Aug-25-21
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  Gottschalk: Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry...
Oct-24-24
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  MissScarlett: Wikipedia has his DOB as 1721, which was given in older editions of the <Dictionary of National Biography.> The most recent 2004 edition (now known as the <Oxford Dictionary of National Biography>) gives the date as July 21st 1719.
Oct-25-24
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  keypusher: This is funny, I knew Conway only for being the loser in T Bowdler vs H Conway, 1788, which made Tartakower and Du Mont's anthology. Had no idea he was a field marshal.

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