William Brett Fishburne

Project Gutenberg lists William Brett Fishburne as the author of two surviving chess works: Checkmates for Three Pieces and Checkmates for Four Pieces. Both books center on highly specific endgame and mating patterns, showing a clear interest in the problem-solving side of chess rather than broad instruction.

Because easily verifiable biographical information about him is scarce in the sources I could confirm, not much can be said with confidence about his life outside those books. What is clear is that his name remains attached to a small but distinctive corner of chess literature, where concise, specialized collections like these continue to attract curious players and puzzle lovers.