Dion Martinez

Dion M. Martinez ( * June 26, 1837, † March 11, 1928 ) was a Cuban- American chess master.

He was regarded as one of the strongest chess players in Philadelphia. There he played a few games 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 1884).

He was ninth in Philadelphia 1876 ( Fourth American Chess Congress, Mason won ), and shared 17th - 18th ( won Sixth American CC, Miksa White and Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin ) in New York in 1889. A portrait of him (along with other participants of the tournament) was published on page 8 of the New York Times on June 16, 1889 under the title The King's Chessboard ( The chess kings ).