05-02-2016, 05:55 PM
Ian I can't see a plausible link between lady Hamilton and chess. Hess though famously landed on Eaglesham which is just a few miles away from the current venue of Hamilton chess club (new members always welcome see web site for details) Hess's motives were never fully elucidated. Perhaps Nelson in his spare time wrote multitudinous chess items for a Newspaper. After all he is the best known early 19th century columnist.