Julius Leigh Jacobsen | |
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Country | Australia |
Born | 28 May 1862 Hull, England |
Died | 1 June 1916 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia | (aged 54)
Title | Australian Chess Champion (1897) |
Julius Leigh Jacobsen (28 May 1862 – 1 June 1916) was an English-born, Australian chess player who won the Australian Chess Championship in 1897 and the New South Wales Championship in 1901.[1][2][3] He was also the tutor of William Samuel Viner, who later became the Australian Chess Champion himself.[4]