Howard Staunton
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Howard Staunton was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-A
Engraving of Staunton by Richard & Edward Taylor
Staunton, c. 1860
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Original Staunton chess pieces, left to right: pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, and king
Adolf Anderssen
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Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He won the great international tournaments of 1851 and 1862, but lost matches to Paul Morphy in 1858, and to Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866. Accordingly
Howard Staunton
…He was the principal organiser of the first international chess tournament in 1851, which made England the world's leading chess centre and caused Adolf Anderssen to be recognised as the world's strongest player. From 1840 onwards he became a leading chess commentator, and won matches against top players of the…
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Paul Morphy defeated all opposition in 1858.
Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866