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Henry Stone

Number of games in database: 5
Years covered: 1858 to 1907
Overall record: +0 -4 =1 (10.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.


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HENRY STONE
(born Apr-20-1823, died Dec-10-1909, 86 years old) United States of America

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Henry Nathan Stone, partially known for the Stone-Ware Defence of the Italian Game. Brother of James Winchell Stone.

Last updated: 2018-04-20 03:07:49

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Hammond vs H Stone  1-0151858Odds Game (Ra1)000 Chess variants
2. H Helms vs H Stone 1-0401894Continental Corr (prelim-4)C51 Evans Gambit
3. I Ryall vs H Stone  1-0271894Continental Correspondence tC50 Giuoco Piano
4. H Stone vs L Hesse ½-½371894Continental Corr (prelim-4)C77 Ruy Lopez
5. F K Young vs H Stone 1-0241907BostonC34 King's Gambit Accepted
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-16-14  zanzibar: From http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/vi...

<< 5...Bd6 This is called the Stone-Ware defense after Henry Nathan Stone and Preston Ware. The move reinforces the e5-pawn and been played by several grandmasters such as Andrei Volokitin, Alexander Grischuk and Loek van Wely. >>

H.N. Stone was an expert player, originally from Baltimore, who spent some time in Boston. Famously, he played a 9 game match against H.N Pillsbury in 1890 which established Pillsbury as a player of substance.

Additional information can be found here:

http://www.chess.com/article/view/t...

where Stone's involvement with various Boston players (including Pillsbury) is noted.

Apr-20-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Henry Stone.

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