Jacob Sarratt
Jacob Henry Sarratt (1772 – 6 November 1819) was one of the top English chess players of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Sarratt was renowned as a player and author and adopted the title "Professor of Chess".[1] He was the first professional player to teach chess in England. [2] He introduced into England the chess rule that a stalemate is a draw, which was commonly used on the continent of Europe. [3] He coined with his works of 1813 and 1821 the term Muzio Gambit. He was a pupil of Verdoni and later the teacher of William Lewis and Peter Unger Williams.
Writings
- A Treatise on the Game of Chess. London 1808 (vol. 1)
- The works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez, and Salvio on the game of chess. London 1813
- The Works of Gianutio and Gustavus Selenus, 1817
- A New Treatise on the Game of Chess. London 1821 (vol.1)
- A New Treatise on the Game of Chess. London 1828 (vol.1)
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Bibliography
- Golombek, Harry (1977), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
- Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280049-3
- Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martins Press, ISBN 978-0-7091-4697-1