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Allies vs Howard Staunton
Consultation game (1857), London ENG
Russian Game: Stafford Gambit (C42)  ·  1-0

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Apr-14-07  wolfmaster: Sometimes even NN triumphs over unofficial world champions. But it isn't somethimg you see every day.
Feb-21-08  D.Observer: A quicker kill might be 25. Rd1.
Feb-21-08  somitra: <D.Observer: A quicker kill might be 25. Rd1.> No, white is in trouble after 25. Rd1 Bxc3 due to the discovered check after bishop moves.
Dec-24-08  WhiteRook48: so the thing is... never play the Stafford Gambit against NN.
Dec-24-08  zzzzzzzzzzzz: black resigned a litte bit to early, as he is only down a pawn.
Dec-24-08  AnalyzeThis: maybe this isn't the entire game.
Dec-25-08  Steven87: Is there any way for Black to save the Bishop over the next couple moves? Rd3 for black would pretty much win, and there doesn't seem to be a safe place to move him to
Mar-24-09  WhiteRook48: why the resignation?
Sep-03-09  birthtimes: If NN had played 6. Bg5 Staunton could have had a Legal's mate with 6...Nxe4 7. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 8. Ke2 Bg4#
Dec-07-09
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  al wazir: 25...Qc5 saves the ♗ and keeps black alive. If 26. Rd3, then 26...Rxd3+ 27. Qxd3 Be3 28. Rf1 (28. Ke3 Bg1) Qb6.
Dec-07-09  Cibator: Hard to understand why Staunton played such an unsound opening as Black. It was clean against his usual solid positional style. Maybe he hadn't enough respect for the opponent - always a cardinal sin at chess, and one that HS was more than once guilty of (cf his remark about Lowenthal).
Oct-17-10  whiteshark: So who was that masked man?"
Jan-05-11  Dymdez: NN was morphy lol
May-19-11  Skakalec: <al wazir><Steven87> Bishop cannot be saved. After 25...Qc5 26.Rd1 and black is finished F.I. 26...Be3 27.Rxd7 Kxd7 28.Qd3+ and bishop falls.

Of course 26.Bxc3 27.Rxd7 Kxd7 28.Rxc3 is not better.

Feb-28-12  bengalcat47: Howard Staunton -- A legend in his own mind!
Mar-14-23
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  FSR: Staunton is the first person in the database to play 3...Nc6. Maybe it should be called the Staunton Gambit? Unfortunately, there's already an opening with that name.
Mar-14-23
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  beatgiant: Shouldn't Staunton have won this? <20...Ne3> looks like a big improvement, and so does <22...Rd2>.

On 20...Ne3 21. Rf2 Nxg2+ at least winning a lot of material.

Or on 22...Rd2 23. Qxf5+ Kb8 24. Qg4 Qxc3 with unstoppable threats.

Mar-14-23
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  FSR: <beatgiant> Indeed. This was a simul, so it's not surprising that Staunton missed the strongest lines.
Aug-17-23  generror: Respect to Staunton for being (once again) the first [in this database] to play the crazy Stafford Gambit. But even more respect to good ole NN for not defending himself very sensibly. That really wasn't a common thing among 19th century NNs.
Feb-02-25
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  MissScarlett: <Staunton is the first person in the database to play 3...Nc6.>

See de Riviere vs H Cattley, 1855.

There, after <5.f3>, Lowenthal in the <Era>, notes: <This move was first adopted in a game between Messrs Staunton and Horwitz.>

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