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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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George Henry Mackenzie (1837–1891) and Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900). Howard Staunton in The Chess-Player's Handbook (1847) advised inexperienced players...
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Henry Staunton (businessman), British businessman Henry de Staunton, English medieval professor of canon law and university chancellor Howard Staunton, English...
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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...
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Sterndale Bennett, was directed by George Thomas Smart. Organised by Howard Staunton, the first international chess tournament took place at the Exhibition...
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on baseball player Dave Winfield Howard Stableford (born 1959), British television and radio presenter Howard Staunton (1810–1874), British chess player...
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Ponziani Opening (redirect from Staunton's Opening)
having been discussed in literature by 1497. It was advocated by Howard Staunton, generally considered the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851...
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