Dion Martinez

Dion M. Martinez (26 June 1837 – 11 March 1928) was a Cuban–American chess master.^[1]

He was regarded as one of the strongest chess players in Philadelphia. There he played several matches against James Mason (4 : 5 in 1874 and 3 : 1 in 1875), Wilhelm Steinitz (0 : 7 in November 1882, 2.5 : 4.5 in December 1882, and 1 : 10 in 1883), and Johannes Zukertort (3.5 : 9.5 in 1884).^[2]

He took 9th at Philadelphia 1876 (Fourth American Chess Congress, Mason won),^[3] and tied for 17-18th at New York 1889 (Sixth American CC, Max Weiss and Mikhail Chigorin won).^[4] His pen-portrait (jointly with other participants of the tournament) was published on page 8 of the New York Times, 16 June 1889, under the heading "The Chessboard Kings".^[5]

References

1. ^ http://www.sport-stat.ru/chess/players.php?id=83816
2. ^ http://www.chessmetrics.com
3. ^ http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1876philadelphia.htm
4. ^ http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1889ny.htm
5. ^ http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter49.html

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Name	Martinez, Dion
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Date of birth	26 June 1837
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Date of death	11 March 1928
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