Samuel Standidge Boden
Number of games in database: 31
Years covered: 1851 to 1873
Overall record: +12 -13 =4 (48.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (4)      C61 C60  Uncommon Opening (4)      B00 A00	With the Black pieces:

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853 0-1
   G MacDonnell vs S Boden, 1869 0-1
   S Boden vs Bird, 1869 1-0
   Morphy vs S Boden, 1859 1/2-1/2

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SAMUEL STANDIDGE BODEN (born Apr-04-1826, died Jan-13-1882) United Kingdom [what is this?] Samuel Standidge Boden was born in 1826. His tournament results include 1st at the London Provincial tournament 1851, 2nd at Manchester 1857 and 2nd at Bristol 1861. He beat Rev. John Owen in a match in 1858 (+7, =2, -2) and was the chess editor for 'The Field' from 1858 to 1873. Paul Morphy considered him to be his strongest English opponent. Boden's record against Morphy in casual games was (+1, =4, -6). His name is also linked to the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.c4 f6 3.f3 xe4 4.c3 xc3 5.dxc3 f6 .

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Boden vs C Ranken 0-1 31 1851 London m/7 C38 King's Gambit Accepted 2. R Brien vs S Boden 1-0 11 1851 London C01 French, Exchange 3. R Schulder vs S Boden 0-1 15 1853 London, England C41 Philidor Defense 4. S Boden vs Owen 0-1 38 1856 London A00 Uncommon Opening 5. E Pindar vs S Boden   0-1 38 1857 Manchester C41 Philidor Defense 6. Anderssen vs S Boden   0-1 34 1857 Manchester C30 King's Gambit Declined 7. S Boden vs Morphy ½-½ 42 1858 London (England) C42 Petrov Defense 8. S Boden vs Owen   1-0 55 1858 London m7 B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 9. S Boden vs Morphy 1-0 41 1858 Match C41 Philidor Defense 10. Morphy vs S Boden   1-0 35 1858 London C30 King's Gambit Declined 11. Morphy vs S Boden 1-0 38 1858 Match C44 King's Pawn Game 12. Morphy vs S Boden 1-0 53 1858 London C51 Evans Gambit 13. Owen vs S Boden 0-1 33 1858 London m7 B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 14. Morphy vs S Boden 1-0 30 1858 London C30 King's Gambit Declined 15. S Boden vs Morphy 0-1 24 1858 London C60 Ruy Lopez 16. Morphy vs S Boden 1-0 50 1858 London (England) C58 Two Knights 17. S Boden vs Owen   1-0 30 1858 London m7 B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 18. S Boden vs Morphy   ½-½ 35 1858 London C41 Philidor Defense 19. Morphy vs S Boden ½-½ 57 1858 London C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 20. S Boden vs Owen 1-0 39 1858 London m7 B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 21. Morphy vs S Boden ½-½ 51 1859 Simul C44 King's Pawn Game 22. G MacDonnell vs S Boden 1-0 28 1861 London (England) C51 Evans Gambit 23. S Boden vs Paulsen   0-1 46 1861 BCA-04.Kongress C60 Ruy Lopez 24. R Wormald vs S Boden   0-1 17 1861 London C25 Vienna 25. S Boden vs W Wayte   1-0 23 1861 Bristol C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31

Oct-29-04    waddayaplay: Boden was considered by Morphy to be his best opponent in England. "The strongest outside his matches", was what Steinitz thought. Morphy played in a simul against five strong players in London in 1859. One of them was Boden, but I can't find that game here. It was a draw. The other four games were: Riviere (who lost): De Riviere vs Morphy, 1859 Bird (lost): Morphy vs Bird, 1859 Loewenthal (draw): Lowenthal vs Morphy, 1859 Barnes (won): Morphy vs T W Barnes, 1859 Oct-29-04    keypusher: According to chessmetrics, on 12/31/58 Morphy's opponents were the third (Lowenthal), eighth (Boden), ninth (Bird), tenth (Barnes) and 13th-ranked (de Riviere) players in the world. And, Morphy took black in two of the games. This was one mind-boggling simul. Oct-30-04    waddayaplay: I have submitted the missing game Boden played against Morphy. It should appear within the next week... May-04-05    vonKrolock: Boden in "The Field", 3-12-1859: <"We cannot say that we are anxious to see exhaustive printed analyses of the openings. The way to learn the openings is to seize the spirit or strong characteristic points of them, and to perceive the principles on which each salient feature of attack or defence is based; to rely upon knowing the book replies to every move is certain to produce a poor player."> May-05-05    Calli: Hmm, he beat MacDonnell when he was 4 yrs old :-> A wrong date obviously. Oct-02-05    Kingsider: Did Boden ever play Barnes? Surely they must have. Oct-04-05    Kingsider: And don't call me Shirley.(I know) Mar-29-07    gambitfan: He probably gave his name to the famous <Boden's mate> ? Apr-04-07    Manic: <gambitfan> Yep. R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853 was the game that gave Boden's mate its name. Apr-04-07    gambitfan: I have just created a collection dedicated to Boden's mates : Game Collection: BODEN MATES Boden was Player of the day on the 04/04/2007 Sep-01-08    myschkin: . . . Multi talent: In 1851 he published the book "A Popular Introduction to the Study and Practice of Chess (Charles S. Skeet, London 1851)". http://books.google.com/books?id=mz... Painting: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

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