![]() Quale ( talk) 05:11, 22 August 2012 (UTC) I looked through all of Edward Winters' archives about Mackenzie, and he mentions this in several chess notes, including this one. The world championship mention is odd, and certainly doesn't reflect any modern view. Most or all of this is in the article now. He played in the international chess contests at New York, 1876 Paris, 1878, Vienna, 1882 London, 1883, Frankfort, 1887, where he won the championship of the world and Manchester, England, 1890. He won the first prizes at the annual contests of the New York Chess Club in 1865, 1866, 1867, and 1868. In 1865 he came to New York, where he wrote on chess matters for the Turf, Field, and Farm. He first became known as a chess-player in 1862, when he won the first prize in the handicap at the international chess contest in London, Anderssen being his opponent. Coming to America, he served in the Federal Army during the Civil War, rising to be captain. He entered the English Army and served several years in India. An American chess-player, born in Scotland. The New International Encyclopedia (1905), Vol. GhostofSuperslum 23:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC) See: Wilhelm Steinitz (the "undisputed" world champion from 1886 to 1894). New International Encyclopedia states that he won the world championship at Frankfort in 1887, however, that may not have occurred. 4 Sources for Biographical Information and Tournaments.
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