Horatio Caro (5 July 1862 – 15 December 1920) was an English chess player.
Caro was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England,[1] but spent most of his chess career in Berlin, Germany having moved there when he was two years old.[2]
He played several matches. In 1892, he drew with Curt von Bardeleben (+2 –2 =0) and lost to Szymon Winawer (+2 –3 =1). In 1897, he was defeated by Jacques Mieses (+3 –4 =3). In 1903, he drew with Bardeleben (+4 –4 =0). In 1905, he won against Moritz Lewitt (+4 –3 =5). In tournaments, he won in Berlin in 1888, 1891, 1894, 1898 (jointly), and 1903. He also took 10th at Berlin 1883, took 4th at Berlin 1887, tied for 2nd-3rd at Nuremberg 1888, took 3rd at Berlin 1889, took 2nd at Berlin 1890. He took 3rd at Berlin 1894, took 9th at Berlin 1897, took 17th at Vienna 1898, took 4th at Berlin 1899, tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1902, tied for 11-12th at Coburg 1904, tied for 7-8th at Barmen 1905, took 9th at Berlin 1907, tied for 3-5th at Berlin 1908, and took 4th at Berlin 1911.
Caro died in London aged 58.[1] He was discharged from a workhouse in Whitechapel citing his death as the reason.[2]
He is known for the Caro-Kann Defence (B12), an opening which he analysed along with Marcus Kann and jointly published about on the German journal Brüderschaft in 1886.[3] He is also known for beating World Champion Emanuel Lasker in 1890 in 14 moves only, and for his appearance in the 1898 Anglo-American cable chess match.[2]
^ abGaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 64. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
^ abcUpham, John (15 December 2020). "REMEMBERING HORATIO CARO (05-VII-1862 15-XII-1920)". British Chess News. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^Litmanowicz, Władysław; Giżycki, Jerzy (1986–1987). Szachy od A do Z (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7. (1. A-M), (2. N-Z).
HoratioCaro (5 July 1862 – 15 December 1920) was an English chess player. Caro was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but spent most of his chess...
Austrian chess player. He and HoratioCaro jointly analysed and published their analysis of the chess opening later to-be-called Caro-Kann Defence (1.e4 c6)...
1862 – George Nuttall, American-British bacteriologist (d. 1937) 1862 – HoratioCaro, English chess master (d. 1920) 1864 – Stephan Krehl, German composer...
Blackburne, Schiffers, Marco, Showalter, Walbrodt, Alexander Halprin, HoratioCaro, David Graham Baird and Herbert William Trenchard. 1898 Cologne 5th 9½/15...
Burdon – singer (The Animals) John Hodgson Campbell - portrait artist HoratioCaro – chess player Peter Cadogan – social activist Chas Chandler – bass guitarist...
Tournament). In 1903/04, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Rudolf Spielmann, behind HoratioCaro, at Berlin. In July–August 1904, he tied for 4th–5th at Coburg (14th...
official Berlin championships have taken place. The first event was won by HoratioCaro, followed by Ossip Bernstein, Rudolf Spielmann, Wilhelm Cohn, Benjamin...
Alapin (Russian Empire) 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 x 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 9 HoratioCaro (German Empire) 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 x ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 10.0 10 Mikhail...
many tournaments in Berlin and elsewhere. He took 9th at Berlin 1891 (HoratioCaro won), took 4th at Dresden 1892 (the 7th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A...
1909/10, 1914). In strong tournaments, he tied for 11-12th at Berlin 1903 (HoratioCaro won). He took 10th at Coburg 1904 (the 14th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier...
Simon Alapin; ahead of Schiffers, Marco, Showalter, Walbrodt, Halprin, HoratioCaro, David Graham Baird and Trenchard. 1899 London 6 Behind Em. Lasker, Janowski...
with his brother, Emanuel Lasker, at Berlin 1890. He took 2nd, behind HoratioCaro, at Berlin 1891. In June 1891, Lasker achieved his highest Elo rating...
(Quadrangular) in 1889; twice tied for 3rd- 4th in 1890 and 1891/92 (HoratioCaro won), took 3rd in 1893, won in 1894, shared 1st in 1898/99, and tied...
6-7th at Berlin 1897 (Arpad Bauer won), tied for 7-8th at Berlin 1903 (HoratioCaro won), and tied for 5-8th at Berlin 1905 (Erich Cohn won). In that time...
Nf6 4.Bb2 Bg4 – named after José Raúl Capablanca Caro–Kann Defence – 1.e4 c6 – named after HoratioCaro and Marcus Kann Carrera Gambit of the King's Gambit...
owned a small factory making pantographs. In 1890 he took 5th in Berlin (HoratioCaro won). In 1890/91, he took 2nd= (3rd after a play-off) in Berlin (Richard...
Date unknown – The inaugural Berlin City Chess Championship is won by HoratioCaro. The Berlin Mexikoplatz station is opened under the name Zehlendorf–Beerenstraße...
Berthold Lasker 1889 Berlin 1. Emil Schallopp, 2. Theodor von Scheve, 3. HoratioCaro, 4. Hülsen 1892 Belfast 1–2. Joseph Henry Blackburne, James Mason, 3...
ISBN 9780195142730. Caro 2002, p. 448. Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country Democratic Debacle Solberg 1984, p. 180. "FOUNDING SENATORS Hubert Horatio Humphrey...
Hauptturnier, Walter John won). In 1903/04, he tied for 9–10th in Berlin (HoratioCaro won). In 1904, he shared 1st in Reval, and tied for 7–8th in Coburg (14th...
in 1962. The first official Berlin City Chess Championship is won by HoratioCaro, followed by Ossip Bernstein, Rudolf Spielmann, Wilhelm Cohn, Benjamin...
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