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Encyclopedia > Grimshaw

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Nightfall on the Thames, 1880 John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) was a Victorian-era painter, born in Leeds, England. ... Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (born 1939) is a prominent English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including the international railway terminal at Londons Waterloo Station and the Eden Project in Cornwall. ...

Chess

Walter Grimshaw was a 19th century composer of chess problems. ... A Grimshaw is a device found in chess problems in which two black pieces arriving on a particular square mutually interfere with each other. ...

Sport

Myron Frederick Grimshaw (November 30, 1875 - December 11, 1936) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played played from 1905 through 1907 for the Boston Americans. ...

Other

  • John Elisha Grimshaw, an English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Soto Grimshaw, an 19th Century Argentinian naturalist.
  • Nick Grimshaw, a Television presenter and DJ

John Elisha Grimshaw (20 January 1893-20 July 1980) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Photo of Soto Grimshaw in 1865. ... Nick Grimshaw is an English DJ/presenter on the television channel E4. ...

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Grimshaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (623 words)
A Grimshaw is a device found in chess problems in which two fl pieces arriving on a particular square mutually interfere with each other.
The Grimshaw is one of the most common devices found in directmates.
A close relative of the Grimshaw is the Novotny, which is essentially a Grimshaw brought about by a white sacrifice on a square where it can be captured by two different fl pieces - whichever fl piece captures the white piece, it interferes with the other.
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