Jeremy Gaige

Jeremy Gaige (October 9, 1927 in New York – February 19, 2011)[1] was an American chess archivist and journalist.

He was best known for his work collecting and publishing tournament results and basic biographical data on chess players.

Hooper and Whyld called his works "scrupulously written" and "a source of reference for chess journalists and writers all over the world".

[2] Gaige's 1969 book, A Catalog of Chess Players and Problemists, contained about 3000 names with dates and places of birth and death.

[3] Gaige graduated from Phillips Academy and Columbia College in 1951, after serving in the US Army Medical Corps.