The Solid Englishman. One of the strongest English masters of the late 19th century, known for granite-solid positional play.
Amos Burn was one of the strongest English players of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, regularly competing at the top of international events for over thirty years. A Liverpool merchant by trade, he came to chess late and balanced his playing career against a busy professional life. His style was the opposite of the Romantic era he was born into. He sought solid, defensible positions, dismantled opponents who overreached, and excelled in technical endgames. He took third place at Hastings 1895 behind only Pillsbury and Chigorin, in one of the strongest tournaments ever held. Later in life he became a respected chess journalist and editor.
Notable: Third place at Hastings 1895, one of the strongest tournaments in history. Played top-level international chess for over three decades. Chess editor of The Field for many years.
| Era | Classical |
| Years | 1848–1925 |
| Peak rating | 2550 |
| Born | Hull, England, 1848 |
| Title | Master, top international competitor |
| Style | Solid positional play, prophylactic defense, classical openings, endgame technique |
Burn, reconstructed from the player's own games and measured against a modern engine, as a UCI engine for your machine: it runs locally and offline, loads into CZUBATRONIC 2400 as an external engine, and into any compatible UCI chess interface. Strong chess from the engine; the choices, recognisably Burn's.
| File | ChessGate_Burn.exe · 24 MB |
| Runs in | CZUBATRONIC 2400 (as an external engine) and any UCI chess interface |
| Requirements | Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit; any UCI chess interface; CZUBATRONIC 2400 lists it as an external engine |
| Works offline | Yes. No account, no server. |
| Packs | — |
| Collection | Complete Personality Collection |
| In the browser | A lighter version of Burn plays on ChessGate. |
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