Hugh Alexander Kennedy was a British 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.

He was a former British army captain and leading London chess player. In 1844, he lost a match to 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...

 (3 : 8). In 1845, he teamed up with Staunton in Portsmouth in two telegraph games (lost and drew) against a team of Henry Thomas Buckle

Henry Thomas Buckle

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

, George Walker

George Walker (chess player)

George Walker was an English chess player and author of The Celebrated Analysis of A D Philidor , The Art of Chess-Play: A New Treatise on the Game of Chess , A Selection of Games at Chess played by Philidor , Chess Made Easy , and Chess Studies .In 1839 visited...

, William Davies Evans

William Davies Evans

Captain William Davies Evans was a seafearer and inventor, though he is best known today as a chess player. He is buried at the Belgian port of Ostend.- Early life :...

, Perigal, and Tuckett in London. He lost two matches to Elijah Williams

Elijah Williams

Elijah Williams was an eminent British chess player of the mid-19th century. The first president of the Clifton Chess Club, and publisher of a book of games from the Divan Club....

 (+2 –4 =0) in 1846, and to Edward Loewe (+6 –7 =1) in 1849, both in London.

H.A. Kennedy played in the great international 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...

, and finished in 6th place there. He knocked out Carl Mayet in round 1 with two wins. In round 2, he lost to Marmaduke Wyvill (+3 –4 =1). In round 3, he defeated James Mucklow with 4 wins. Finally, he lost to József Szén

József Szén

József Szén was a Hungarian chess master.He obtained a law degree and later became the municipal archivist for the city of Pest. He often played in the café Worm of Pest, playing with any opponent for a stake of 20 Kreuzers. Very strong in the endgame, he was given the nickname of the Hungarian...

 (+0 –4 =1).

In 1862, he lost perhaps the first international telegraphic game, against Serafino Dubois

Serafino Dubois

Serafino Dubois was an Italian chess player. He was known for his writings on the game and for his promotion of chess in Italy.-Chess career:Serafino Dubois was born in Rome...

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