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| brankat: "His only excuse, I think, lay in his great irritability of temper, undoubtedly the result of physical sufferings. The fact is that for many years he had been subject to a disease of the heart; this does not appear to be universally known, but to me it seems the clue to some of his peculiarities and several hitherto unexplained incidents." – Baron Tassilo von Heyderbrand und der Lasa (on Staunton) |
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| brankat: "As an author, Staunton's influence upon Chess play in this country has been immense, and it is no exaggeration to say that his literary labors are the basis upon which English Chess Society, as at present constituted, stands. Had it not been for the educating influence of his many and important Chess works, the practice of the game would have been far from attaining to the high order of excellence by which it is now characterized amongst English Chess players as a body. On the contrary, the prevailing type of play here would, in all probability, be miserably unscientific and barbarous." – William Norwood Potter
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| brankat: "From his performance in the Birmingham tournament where, after defeating a weak player named Hughes in the first round, Staunton succumbed to Lowenthal in the second, we can justly assume that in 1858 he was so far below his best form that an encounter with Morphy would have been a massacre." – David Levy
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Mar-12-08
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| brankat: H.Staunton on the proposed match against P.Morphy:
"The experience, however, of some weeks, during which I have labored unceasingly, to the serious injury of my health, shows that not only is it impracticable for me to save time (to play a match), but that by no means short of giving up a great work on which I am engaged, subjecting the publishers to the loss of thousands, and myself to an action for breach of contract, could I obtain time even for the match itself. Such a sacrifice is, of course, out of all question." – Howard Staunton (on the proposed match with Morphy) |
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Mar-12-08
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| brankat: And, finally, Bobby Fischer:
"Staunton was the most profound opening analyst of all time. He was more theorist than player, but nonetheless he was the strongest player of his day. Playing over his games, I discover that they are completely modern; where Morphy and Steinitz rejected the fianchetto, Staunton embraced it. In addition, he understood all of the positional concepts which modern players hold so dear, and thus - with Steinitz - must be considered the first modern player." – Bobby Fischer
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| Apr-12-08 |
| stupidiot21: staunton started chess very late didn't he? |
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| Apr-16-08 |
| Karpova: Staunton and Shakespeare:
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/.... Modern reference books don't seem to mention him too often. |
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| Apr-25-08 |
| Cibator: I've often wondered whether the Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4) was actually invented or played by Howard S. It's so at odds with what one thinks of as his highly conservative style. |
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| Apr-25-08 |
| Karpova: <Cibator>
Staunton vs Horwitz, 1846 |
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| Apr-29-08 |
| Cibator: Thanks <Karpova>. |
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May-16-08
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| Knight13: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Howard Staunton
Born: 1810-Jan
Died: 1874-Jun
Best World Rank: #1 (76 different months between the May 1843 rating list and the August 1849 rating list ) Highest Rating: 2706 on the November 1846 rating list, #1 in world, age 36y10m Best Individual Performance: 2751 in Cochrane-Staunton Match (London), 1843, scoring 14/18 (78%) vs 2571-rated opposition |
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| Jun-06-08 |
| Karpova: C.N. 5603 is quite a long Chess note on Staunton as a Shakespearan scholar:
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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| Jun-15-08 |
| Karpova: Edward Winter's new feature article "Attacks on Howard Staunton": http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Excerpts:
<How he, with the commonest perception of what is decent or becoming in society, or with the smallest possible grain of modesty in his composition, can suffer things to be printed in his own magazine that he does, has long been the astonishment of the sober-minded portion of the chess world.’>
From: "A Review of “The Chess Tournament,” by H. Staunton, Esq." by ‘A member of the London Chess Club’ (London, 1852), page 19 Wilhelm Steinitz: <‘… judging from the effect which the first shots from these journalistic batteries had on myself, I have always suspected, that Morphy’s subsequent apathy and hatred for chess, which was, I believe, not alone the first symptom but also the cause of decay of his powerful genius, must have originated from the treatment which he received from that Mr Staunton …’>
From: "International Chess Magazine", July 1888, pages 210-213 |
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Aug-06-08
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| ray keene: the staunton memorial starts tomorrow-games will appear the day after play on the website www.howardstaunton.com
players include adams short timman speelman wade van wely sokolov-DR ERIC SCHILLER IS THE ARBITER |
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| Aug-06-08 |
| Voltaic: that's good news, Mr. Keene, and a great line-up. i'll root for Speelman and Short in this tournament. |
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| Aug-11-08 |
| jaydes: About the Staunton memorial, there was this drawing of lots in a rather unconventional manner to say the least - driving toy cars through an image of Kasparov. I suppose there's a joke somewhere, but I don't get it. |
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| Sep-22-08 |
| Karpova: C.N. 5769 - The first Ladies' Chess Club
Howard Staunton in "Illustrated London News":
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“‘Margaret J.’, Kensington. – The establishment of a Ladies’ Chess Club, is, indeed, an event in the history of the game, and one of the most pleasing evidences of the progress this fine intellectual discipline is making in society. Let us hope the example set by the ladies in Kensington will be followed by our countrywomen in other directions. The game played between Miss E. and Miss M. is excellent in style, and calculated to afford a very high notion of the capabilities of the fair combatants. Can it be possible they have attained such knowledge of the game in three months’ practice only?” (27 November 1847, page 346.) “‘R.T.C.’–‘V.’–‘Amazon’. – The Ladies’ Chess Club, to which we alluded in our last, is established at Kennington, not Kensington; and is to be called ‘The Penelope Club’. We presume it will be composed exclusively of female members; but, possibly, as an incentive to excellence, an exception to this rule will be admitted in the case of the leading player of the time, who might without impropriety be entitled to the privileges of an ‘Honorary Member’.” (4 December 1847, page 371.)> Apparently, the game he refers to in the first part was given on pages 63-64 of "A Chess Omnibus" (C.N. 2447) - it's a game between "Miss C." and "Miss M.". Source: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Does anyone have access to the source I gave for the game and could submit it? |
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| Sep-22-08 |
| GrahamClayton: Was Staunton the first chess player to endorse a chess product by adding his name to the pieces designed by Nathaniel Cook? |
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| Dec-24-08 |
| zzzzzzzzzzzz: he plays a lot against cochrane
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| Dec-24-08 |
| zzzzzzzzzzzz: weird picture
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| Feb-28-09 |
| Karpova: Edward Winter's Chess Explorations (17): <Pictures of Howard Staunton> Link: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Mar-22-09 |
| WhiteRook48: he refused to play Morphy. This is like the Karpov-Fischer match |
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| Mar-25-09 |
| WhiteRook48: he died on the birthday of Paul Morphy |
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| Apr-11-09 |
| Fanacas: He was not as bad as you people always make him he did pay the cost for anderssen when anderssen couldnt play on a tournament becous of the costs. |
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| Apr-16-09 |
| Fanacas: Ow yes and btw there were preporations for a Morphy Staunton Match but Stauntons bad health caused it to scumble as did a rematch with saint amant. (And no i do not think staunton would have won from morphy.) |
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