Preston Ware
Number of games in database: 68
Years covered: 1859 to 1882
Overall record: +18 -41 =8 (32.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, blitz game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (16)      D00 A40 A45	With the Black pieces:  Uncommon Opening (12)      B00 A00  Scandinavian (10)      B01  French Defense (5)      C14 C11 C01 C15

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Ware vs Steinitz, 1882 1-0
   P Ware vs Max Weiss, 1882 1-0
   P Ware vs Meitner, 1882 1-0
   P Ware vs B Fleissig, 1882 1-0

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

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PRESTON WARE (born 1820, died 1890) United States of America [what is this?]

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 68  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Morphy vs P Ware 1-0 28 1859 New York 000 Chess variants 2. M Judd vs P Ware   1-0 47 1871 Cleveland C01 French, Exchange 3. H Harding vs P Ware   1-0 44 1871 Cleveland A00 Uncommon Opening 4. P Ware vs F Elder   1-0 38 1871 Cleveland D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. A Johnston vs P Ware   0-1 21 1871 Cleveland C41 Philidor Defense 6. P Ware vs H Hosmer   1-0 43 1871 Cleveland A80 Dutch 7. P Ware vs H D Smith   1-0 33 1871 Cleveland A80 Dutch 8. P Ware vs Mackenzie   0-1 44 1871 USA-02.Kongress A80 Dutch 9. P Ware vs H Harding 1-0 44 1871 Cleveland A80 Dutch 10. P Ware vs A Johnston   1-0 52 1871 Cleveland A80 Dutch 11. Mackenzie vs P Ware   1-0 20 1871 USA-02.Kongress C15 French, Winawer 12. Smith vs P Ware   1-0 43 1871 Cleveland B32 Sicilian 13. H Hosmer vs P Ware   0-1 44 1871 Cleveland C51 Evans Gambit 14. H Davidson vs P Ware 0-1 49 1876 Philadelphia A10 English 15. P Ware vs J Mason 0-1 33 1876 USA-04.Kongress C00 French Defense 16. P Ware vs Bird 0-1 62 1876 Philadelphia USA A80 Dutch 17. M Judd vs P Ware   1-0 43 1876 Philadelphia B01 Scandinavian 18. Bird vs P Ware ½-½ 87 1876 Philadelphia USA B01 Scandinavian 19. J Elson vs P Ware   1-0 39 1876 Philadelphia B01 Scandinavian 20. P Ware vs A Cohnfeld   ½-½ 44 1880 USA-05.Kongress A80 Dutch 21. J A Congdon vs P Ware 0-1 60 1880 USA-05.Kongress B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 22. P Ware vs J Grundy 0-1 64 1880 USA-05.Kongress D00 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Mackenzie vs P Ware   1-0 58 1880 USA-05.Kongress B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 24. Sellman vs P Ware   0-1 33 1880 USA-05.Kongress B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 25. A Cohnfeld vs P Ware   0-1 39 1880 USA-05.Kongress B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 68

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!

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