Howard Staunton (April 1810 – 22 June 1874) was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely...

leading English chess master Howard Staunton, who endorsed it; the first 500 sets were numbered and hand-signed by Staunton.: 225  This style of set was...

usually proceeds 3.Nc3 Nf6. The main line runs 4.Bg5, first played by Howard Staunton against Bernhard Horwitz in London, 1846. After 4.Bg5, a common trap...

tournament. The tournament was conceived and organised by English player Howard Staunton, and marked the first time that the best chess players in Europe would...

George Henry Mackenzie (1837–1891) and Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900). Howard Staunton in The Chess-Player's Handbook (1847) advised inexperienced players...

Algebraic notation was described in 1847 by Howard Staunton in his book The Chess-Player's Handbook. Staunton credits the idea to German authors, and in...

Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament was an annual chess tournament held between 2003 and 2009 in honour of the English chess player Howard Staunton (1810–1874)...

Henry Staunton (businessman), British businessman Henry de Staunton, English medieval professor of canon law and university chancellor Howard Staunton, English...

Sterndale Bennett, was directed by George Thomas Smart. Organised by Howard Staunton, the first international chess tournament took place at the Exhibition...

players of diverse backgrounds. It became known as the Staunton chess set after Howard Staunton (1810–1874), the chess player and writer who was generally...