Preston Ware
Number of games in database: 76
Years covered: 1859 to 1882
Overall record: +19 -45 =11 (32.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (19)      D00 A40 A45	With the Black pieces:  Uncommon Opening (12)      B00 A00  Scandinavian (12)      B01  French Defense (5)      C14 C15 C11 C01

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Ware vs Max Weiss, 1882 1-0
   P Ware vs J A Congdon, 1880 1/2-1/2
   P Ware vs Steinitz, 1882 1-0
   J A Congdon vs P Ware, 1880 0-1
   P Ware vs Meitner, 1882 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Ware Wins Stonewalls by Stonewaller2

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PRESTON WARE (born Aug-12-1821, died Jan-29-1890) United States of America [what is this?] Preston Ware, Jr., born August 12, 1821, was a leading Boston player of the late nineteenth century. His few tournament appearances were not successful, due in part to an eccentric opening repertoire; for example, at New York 1880 he played 1...a5 in all nine games with Black and 1.a4 in two of his games with White. The highlight of his career was a victory against Wilhelm Steinitz in his lone international tournament at Vienna, 1882.

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 76  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Morphy vs P Ware 1-0 28 1859 New York 000 Chess variants 2. Mackenzie vs P Ware   1-0 20 1871 USA-02.Kongress C15 French, Winawer 3. P Ware vs A Johnston   1-0 52 1871 Cleveland A80 Dutch 4. Smith vs P Ware 1-0 43 1871 Cleveland B32 Sicilian 5. H Hosmer vs P Ware   0-1 44 1871 Cleveland C51 Evans Gambit 6. M Judd vs P Ware   1-0 47 1871 Cleveland C01 French, Exchange 7. H Harding vs P Ware   1-0 44 1871 Cleveland A00 Uncommon Opening 8. A Johnston vs P Ware   0-1 21 1871 Cleveland C41 Philidor Defense 9. P Ware vs F Elder   1-0 38 1871 Cleveland D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. P Ware vs H Hosmer   1-0 43 1871 Cleveland A80 Dutch 11. P Ware vs Mackenzie   0-1 44 1871 USA-02.Kongress A80 Dutch 12. P Ware vs H D Smith   1-0 33 1871 Cleveland A80 Dutch 13. P Ware vs H Harding 1-0 44 1871 Cleveland A80 Dutch 14. M Judd vs P Ware   1-0 43 1876 Philadelphia B01 Scandinavian 15. P Ware vs J Elson   1-0 69 1876 USA-04.Kongress A80 Dutch 16. Albert Roberts vs P Ware   1-0 51 1876 USA-04.Kongress B01 Scandinavian 17. J Elson vs P Ware   1-0 39 1876 Philadelphia B01 Scandinavian 18. P Ware vs M Judd   0-1 77 1876 USA-04.Kongress D00 Queen's Pawn Game 19. J Mason vs P Ware   1-0 36 1876 USA-04.Kongress D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. P Ware vs Bird 0-1 62 1876 Philadelphia USA A80 Dutch 21. H Davidson vs P Ware 0-1 49 1876 Philadelphia A10 English 22. L D Barbour vs P Ware   ½-½ 75 1876 USA-04.Kongress B01 Scandinavian 23. P Ware vs H Davidson   0-1 69 1876 USA-04.Kongress A40 Queen's Pawn Game 24. Bird vs P Ware ½-½ 87 1876 Philadelphia USA B01 Scandinavian 25. P Ware vs L D Barbour   ½-½ 55 1876 USA-04.Kongress D00 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 76

Nov-19-04    Leviathan: This man had an extremely unorthodox style - he often played the d4-f4-e3 stonewall and weird first moves like 1.a4?! or 1. .. a5?! Does anyone have any information about this (quite original) player? Jan-03-05    AdrianP: "Preston Ware, (1821-1890). An American player who came to notice because of his original treatment of the opening. For example, a variation to which his name was given begins with the moves 1.a4 e5 2.a5 d5 3.e3 f5 4.a6." (from www.chessbase.com) Jul-23-05    Benzol: Together with Henry Nathan Stone he was responsible for the 'Stone-Ware' Defence. Jul-23-05    DutchDunce: Not to mention his brothers Silver and Tupper. Jul-23-05    tpstar: After cornering the market on KitchenWare, he created a room just for storage, and thus the first WareHouse was born. Jun-23-06    Tariqov: lol Jan-12-08    kevin86: This player was very bad on property values. Any place he lived became part of the "Ware-house district." lol He did popularize the CORNSTALK defense-good for him! Sep-22-08    whiteshark: I've heard one day he became Self A.Ware. Mar-02-09    WhiteRook48: I have heard that he is wondering Ware he is going

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