Henry Charlick

Henry Charlick
Henry Charlick in 1898
Full nameHenry Charlick
CountryAustralia
Born(1845-07-08)8 July 1845
London, England
Died26 July 1916(1916-07-26) (aged 71)
Adelaide, Australia

Henry Charlick (8 July 1845 in London, England – 26 July 1916 in Adelaide, Australia)[1] was a leading Australian chess master in the 1880s. He won the second Australian Chess Championship at Adelaide 1887 with 7½ points out of 9 games, ahead of reigning champion Frederick Karl Esling (7 points) and George H. D. Gossip (6½).[2][3] Charlick scored 6/8 in the third championship at Melbourne 1888, tying for first with William Crane, Jr., ahead of William Tullidge (5½), but narrowly lost the playoff to Crane (1 win, 2 losses, 1 draw).[4]

  1. ^ Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, McFarland & Company, 1987, p. 68. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
  2. ^ Gino Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747–1900, McFarland & Company, 2004, p. 103. ISBN 0-7864-2041-3.
  3. ^ Diggle, G.H., "The Master Who Never Was", British Chess Magazine, January 1969, pp. 1–4, at p. 2. The title refers to Gossip, not Charlick.
  4. ^ Di Felice, p. 111.