| Intro | British chess player |
| Is | Chess player |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | London |
| Death |
6 November 1819, London |
Jacob Henry Sarratt (1772 – 6 November 1819) was one of the top English chess players of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Sarratt was renowned as a player and author and adopted the title “Professor of Chess”. He was the first professional player to teach chess in England. He introduced into England the chess rule that a stalemate is a draw, which was commonly used on the continent of Europe. He coined with his works of 1813 and 1821 the term Muzio Gambit. He was a pupil of Verdoni and later the teacher of William Lewis and Peter Unger Williams.
Writings
- A Treatise on the Game of Chess. London 1808 (vol. 1)
- The works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez, and Salvio on the game of chess. London 1813
- The Works of Gianutio and Gustavus Selenus, 1817
- A New Treatise on the Game of Chess. London 1821 (vol.1)
- A New Treatise on the Game of Chess. London 1828 (vol.1)