Henry Bird

Henry Edward Bird (1830 – 1908) was an English chess player and chess writer. He was born in Portsea in Hampshire.Bird was invited to the first international tournament in London at the age of 21. He also participated in tournaments held in Vienna and New Jersey. In 1858 he lost a match to Paul Morphy at the age of 28, yet he played high-level chess for another 50 years. Although Bird was a practicing accountant, not a professional chess player, it has been said that he "lived for chess, and would play anybody anywhere, any time, under any conditions." In the New York tournament of 1876, Bird received the first brilliancy prize ever awarded, for his game against James Mason.
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