George H. D. Gossip
George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip was a minor American-English chess master and writer. He competed in chess tournaments between 1870 and 1895, playing against most of the world’s leading players. His treatise The Chess-Player’s Manual—A Complete Guide to Chess, a 900-page tome published in 1874 after several years of work, was harshly received by the critics. He died of cancer in...
