Marmaduke Wyvill (chess player)

Marmaduke Wyvill (* 1814 in Burton Constable, Yorkshire, † June 29 1896 in Bournemouth ) was an English aristocrat, politician and chess master.

The headquarters of his family was Constable Burton Hall in North Yorkshire.

In the years 1847-1868 he was Abgeordner in the British Parliament. In 1851 he participated in London on the first international chess tournament in history part and finished second behind the champion Adolf Anderssen Prussian, who was henceforth regarded as the world's best chess players. The otherwise frugal with praise Howard Staunton designated Wyvill then as one of the best players in England.

Wyvill then focused on his political career and stopped to seriously play chess. It was possible for him until his retirement from chess, to compete with the best players of his time, here under with so glamorous names like La Bourdonnais, Lionel Kieseritzky, Henry Thomas Buckle and Daniel Harrwitz.

Even after the withdrawal from the tournament, he remained connected to chess and was, among other things to the organizers of this important tournament in London in 1883, which he supported financially.

His best historical Elo rating was the result of the London tournament in 2479 calculated ( August 1851 ).

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