Edward Löwe (Loewe, Lowe) (September 1794 – February 1880) was an English chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 master.

In 1847, he won a match with Howard Staunton

Howard Staunton

Howard Staunton was an English chess master who is generally regarded as having been the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Saint-Amant. He promoted a chess set of clearly distinguishable pieces of standardised shape—the Staunton pattern—that...

 (5 - 2) but his opponent gave odds of pawn and two moves. In regular matches, he won against Hugh Alexander Kennedy

Hugh Alexander Kennedy

Hugh Alexander Kennedy was a British chess master.He was a former British army captain and leading London chess player. In 1844, he lost a match to Howard Staunton...

 (7.5 - 6.5) in 1849, and lost to Frederic Deacon

Frederic Deacon

Frederic Deacon was a Belgian chess master.He won a match against W. Gilby and lost a match to Charles Edward Ranken at London 1851 ....

 (2.5 - 7.5) in 1851, James Hannah (8 - 13) in 1856, and Paul Morphy

Paul Morphy

Paul Charles Morphy was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and an unofficial World Chess Champion. He was a chess prodigy...

 (0 - 6) in 1858.

In tournaments, he won against Arthur Simons (2 - 0) and lost to George Webb Medley (1.5 - 2.5) at London 1849 (Ries’ Divan, Henry Thomas Buckle

Henry Thomas Buckle

Henry Thomas Buckle was an English historian, author of an unfinished History of Civilization.- Biography :...

 won),
and lost a match to Marmaduke Wyvill (0 - 2) at the London 1851 chess tournament

London 1851 chess tournament

right|thumb|[[Adolf Anderssen]] won both the London International Tournament and the rival London Club Tournament.London 1851 was the first international chess tournament. The tournament was conceived and organised by English player Howard Staunton, and marked the first time that the best chess...

 (it, Adolf Anderssen

Adolf Anderssen

Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He is considered to have been the world's leading chess player in the 1850s and 1860s...

won).

External links

• Chess games of Edward Löwe