Frederick Horace Deacon (January 1829 – 20 November 1875, in Brixton, London) was a British chess master.[1] He is mainly notable for spurious claims to have drawn against Paul Morphy,[2][3][4][5][6] making himself both notorious and unpopular.[7][8]
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He won a match against W. Gilby (2–1) and lost a match to Charles Edward Ranken (0–2) at London 1851 (Provincial, Samuel Boden won).[9] Deacon won matches against Edward Löwe (7½–2½) in 1851, and Carl Mayet (5–2) in 1852.[10] He claimed to have drawn against Paul Morphy (1–1) in 1858.[11]
He took 2nd, behind George Henry Mackenzie, at London 1862 (handicap),[12] shared 11th at London 1862 (the 5th BCA Congress, Adolf Anderssen won),[13] and lost a match to Wilhelm Steinitz (1½–5½) at London 1863.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01