| Jan-12-13 | | Icelandic Gambit: Definitely his strongest English opponent. |
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Feb-11-19
 | | MissScarlett: Does anyone know of a source for this game? Boden's score against Morphy in 1858 is said to have been +1 -5 =3, but there are 10 games in the DB, of which this is the lone game for which I couldn't find a (near)contemporary source: Game Collection: Morphy - Boden series And yet the other nine games are +6 -1 =2 in Morphy's favour. Is it possible that Morphy vs S Boden, 1858 which didn't surface until 1875 is a hoax akin perhaps to T W Barnes vs Morphy, 1858? But Boden was still alive in 1875, so it seems unlikely. |
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Feb-11-19
 | | keypusher: Levy and O’Connell cite Maroczy’s book, while Sargeant quotes an annotation from Max Lange’s book, published in 1894. So, not very helpful. |
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Feb-11-19
| | MissScarlett: Hmmm. Boden's column in the <Field> is the obvious place to look, but that's not happening any time soon. Another possibility is that this game actually took place in April 1859, when Morphy returned from France to Britain before heading home, which would explain why it doesn't appear in the figures cited above (which apparently came direct from Morphy). I checked out the <Rev. S. W. Earnshaw, M.A., LL.M> who supplied the 1875 game and he seems entirely above suspicion. He even has a published game against Boden. |
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| Oct-04-20 | | paulmorphy1969: Morphy won 8 games against Boden, negotiated 3 and lost 1 in this unofficial match, plus a draw from Boden during a blind simultaneous match against 8 of Morphy's opponents |
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Feb-06-23
 | | jnpope: <GAME 157.
We have the pleasure this month of completing the publication of the series of games contested in 1858 between Mr. Morphy and Mr. Boden. The following game, hitherto unpublished, was played between these eminent masters, at Mr. Boden's Chambers, in Thavies Inn, on the evening of the 9th July 1858. The Rev. S. W. Earnshaw, to whom we are indebted for it, was present on the occasion, and recorded the moves.>
Source: <Westminster Papers>, v8 n12, 1 April 1876, p241 |
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Feb-06-23
| | MissScarlett: <The following game, hitherto unpublished, was played between these eminent masters, at Mr. Boden's Chambers, in Thavies Inn, on the evening of the 9th July 1858.> So also, probably, the site of Morphy vs S Boden, 1858. This was two weeks after Morphy's arrival in London. < The other inns of court are, Serjeants' Inn, Barnard's Inn, Clement's Inn, Clifford's Inn, Furnival's Inn, Lyon's Inn, Staple's Inn, and Thavies' Inn. These are all situated in the neighbourhood of Holborn and the Strand, but as they do not make calls to the bar, they are not used for legal purposes, but are let out, with the exception of Serjeants' Inn, in sets of chambers to any respectable tenant who may choose to reside there.> https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/M... Did Boden live there or was it a studio/office? In the 1861 census, Boden <was a lodger at 57 Pratt Street, St. Pancras. His age was incorrectly given as 37 (actually 34, but nearly 35). His occupation was given as that of landscape artist.> https://mannchess.org.uk/People/Bod... |
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| Feb-06-23 | | sudoplatov: Morphy's opponents were no slouches. Harrwitz, Paulsen, Anderssen, Lowenthal, and de Rievere were top 10 during the 1850-1860
timeframe according to EDO. Bird, Boden, and Barnes didn't make the top 10, at least through 1865. |
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