Howard Staunton (April 1810 – 22 June 1874) was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely...

leading English chess master Howard Staunton, who endorsed it; the first 500 sets were numbered and hand-signed by Staunton.: 225  This style of set was...

usually proceeds 3.Nc3 Nf6. The main line runs 4.Bg5, first played by Howard Staunton against Bernhard Horwitz in London, 1846. After 4.Bg5, a common trap...

tournament. The tournament was conceived and organised by English player Howard Staunton, and marked the first time that the best chess players in Europe would...

having been discussed in literature by 1497. It was advocated by Howard Staunton, generally considered the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851...

George Henry Mackenzie (1837–1891) and Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900). Howard Staunton in The Chess-Player's Handbook (1847) advised inexperienced players...

Henry Staunton (businessman), British businessman Henry de Staunton, English medieval professor of canon law and university chancellor Howard Staunton, English...

Sterndale Bennett, was directed by George Thomas Smart. Organised by Howard Staunton, the first international chess tournament took place at the Exhibition...

Algebraic notation was described in 1847 by Howard Staunton in his book The Chess-Player's Handbook. Staunton credits the idea to German authors, and in...

on baseball player Dave Winfield Howard Stableford (born 1959), British television and radio presenter Howard Staunton (1810–1874), British chess player...

periodical Le Palamède. He is best known for losing a match against Howard Staunton in 1843 that is often considered to have been an unofficial match for...

players of diverse backgrounds. It became known as the Staunton chess set after Howard Staunton (1810–1874), the chess player and writer who was generally...

The Staunton–Morphy controversy concerns the failure of negotiations in 1858 for a chess match between Howard Staunton and Paul Morphy and later interpretations...

issues of the Berlin-based Deutsche Schachzeitung. Beginning with Howard Staunton in 1853, the game has been extensively analysed over the years, particularly...

London in 1807, Paris in 1836, and St. Petersburg in 1854. In 1851 Howard Staunton (1810–1874) called for a "Constituent Assembly for Remodeling the Laws...

except Howard Staunton, whom he then helped to prepare for his victorious match against the Frenchman Saint-Amant, which established Staunton as the world's...

the standard English-language reference book on the game of chess, Howard Staunton accepted Lewis's overall classification system while tacitly acknowledging...

Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament was an annual chess tournament held between 2003 and 2009 in honour of the English chess player Howard Staunton (1810–1874)...

that Control had once told him that Howard Staunton was the greatest chess master Britain had ever produced. "Staunton" later turns out to be the name that...

Englishman Howard Staunton's match victory over another Frenchman, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, in 1843 is considered to have established Staunton as...

of chess theory. The first modern chess tournament was organized by Howard Staunton, a leading English chess player, and was held in London in 1851. It...

one cannot be compelled to exercise. In his 1860 book Chess Praxis, Howard Staunton wrote that the en passant capture is mandatory in such a position;...

may actually be Francesc Vicent’s writing that he signed. In 1847, Howard Staunton wrote of 2...f6, "This move occurs in the old work of Damiano, who...

This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. As Howard Staunton observed, "In the earlier ages of chess, the board was simply divided...

players of the 1830s.[citation needed] The 1840s were dominated by Howard Staunton, and other leading players of the era included Adolf Anderssen, Daniel...

pronounces your name ... — New Orleans Chess Club to Howard Staunton, February 4, 1858 Staunton made an official reply through The Illustrated London...

whole of chess knowledge within a single volume." The English master Howard Staunton, perhaps the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, included over...

Gambit 2.e4!?, the Staunton Gambit, named after Howard Staunton, who introduced it in his match against Bernhard Horwitz. The Staunton Gambit was once a...

Topalov, Judit Polgár and others. In more recent times, he won the fifth Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament in August 2007, achieving a score of 8½/11 (six...

(1846), John William Schulten 4-1 (1850), Anderssen 10-5 (1851), and Howard Staunton 7-6 (1853). To the modern chess world he is known above all as the...