Harry Nelson Pillsbury | |
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Country | United States |
Born | Somerville, Massachusetts, United States | December 5, 1872
Died | June 17, 1906 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 33)
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (December 5, 1872 – June 17, 1906) was a leading American chess player. At the age of 22, he won the Hastings 1895 chess tournament, one of the strongest tournaments of the time, but his illness and early death prevented him from challenging for the World Chess Championship.