Apr-14-07 | | wolfmaster: Sometimes even NN triumphs over unofficial world champions. But it isn't somethimg you see every day. |
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Feb-21-08 | | D.Observer: A quicker kill might be 25. Rd1. |
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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. |
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Dec-24-08 | | WhiteRook48: so the thing is... never play the Stafford Gambit against NN. |
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Dec-24-08 | | zzzzzzzzzzzz: black resigned a litte bit to early, as he is only down a pawn. |
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Dec-24-08 | | AnalyzeThis: maybe this isn't the entire game. |
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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 |
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Mar-24-09 | | WhiteRook48: why the resignation? |
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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# |
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Dec-07-09
 | | 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. |
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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). |
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Oct-17-10 | | whiteshark: So who was that masked man?" |
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Jan-05-11 | | Dymdez: NN was morphy lol |
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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. |
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Feb-28-12 | | bengalcat47: Howard Staunton -- A legend in his own mind! |
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Mar-14-23
 | | 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. |
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Mar-14-23
 | | 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. |
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Mar-14-23
 | | FSR: <beatgiant> Indeed. This was a simul, so it's not surprising that Staunton missed the strongest lines. |
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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. |
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Feb-02-25
 | | 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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