Louis Uedemann

Career

He developed a code that was later refined by Mr. Doctorate. A. Gringmuth, of Saint St. Petersburg, "a leading Russian problem composer," and adapted for use with telegraphs for cable matches. Gringmuth"s notation was first used in the telegraphic match between London and Street St. Petersburg in November 1886 (see Chess notation#Uedemann code).

He played for the Chicago Chess Club in cable matches against Twin Cities Central Committee (1904), Franklin Central Committee of Pennsylvania (1904 and 1905), Brooklyn Central Committee (1905), and Manhattan Central Committee (1905).

Achievements

• He twice won the United States. Open Chess Championship at Excelsior 1900 (the first Western Chess Association Championship) and Excelsior 1902 (the 3rd World Cube Association-ch). He also won at Chicago 1890, took 7th at Saint Louis 1890 (Jackson Showalter won), tied for 4-5th at Lexington 1891 (Showalter and William Pollock won), took 3rd at Chicago 1903 (the 4th World Cube Association-ch, Max Judd won), took 2nd, behind Stasch Mlotkowski, at Saint Louis 1904 (the 5th World Cube Association-ch), took 3rd at Saint Louis 1904 (the 7th American Chess Congress, Frank Marshall won), tied for 3rd-5th at Excelsior 1905 (the 6th World Cube Association-ch, Schrader won), took 5th at Chicago 1906 (the 7th World Cube Association-ch, Wolbrecht won), took 3rd at Excelsior 1907 (the 8th World Cube Association-ch, Michelsen won), took 4th at Excelsior 1908 (the 9th World Cube Association-ch, Elliot won), took 3rd at Excelsior 1909 (the 10th World Cube Association-ch, Oscar Chajes won), and took 3rd at Chicago 1910 (the 11th World Cube Association-ch, Wolbrecht won).