Howard Staunton vs Johann Lowenthal (1858)

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Howard Staunton vs Johann Lowenthal
Birmingham (1858), Birmingham ENG, rd 2, Aug-25
English Opening: King's English. Two Knights' Variation General (A22) · 0-1

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Sep-23-10		whiteshark: "This was effectively the game that ended the final illusions of Staunton’s supremacy in British chess. The massacre in the return game merely confirmed it." -- Tim Harding (return game --> Lowenthal vs Staunton, 1858 ) Deeply annotated game: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibit...

Feb-16-16		zanzibar: Wayback redemption of chesscafe deceased: https://web.archive.org/web/2012030...

Feb-16-16		zanzibar: Boden speaking about Loewenthal's performance at Birmingham: <"Every experienced chess-player will know that there are reasons not very difficult to see why Mr. Löwenthal may have played much better at the Birmingham congress than in his match with Mr. Morphy."> <The Field 1858-09-11 p xii> Lowenthal hadn't yet won the tournament, his final game against Falkbeer was on Sept 23th. Actually, it would have been interesting to hear Boden explicit elucidate those reasons... for us less experienced chess-players.

Feb-16-16		zanzibar: Oh, I almost forgot, Staunton gives an extra move for this game <66.Bxa7 Bb7 And White resigns>

Jul-03-16		offramp: <zanzibar: Wayback redemption of chesscafe deceased: https://web.archive.org/web/2012030..> Yes, I remember https://chesscafe.com/. I used to visit there on average about once a day. There were some really good articles there. I remember that things started to go downhill shortly after Tony Miles died. His regular column was replaced by a piece of garbage called Chess Mazes, which was I think for children or people unaware of how many beans make 2. Now the site is behind a concrete paywall. They want $25 a year for their little Chess Mazes and articles such as "PLAY LIKE ELOI RELANGE!" LOL who? It's possible that the site has been essentially abandoned by its owner. It's an example of failing to move with the times.

Jan-06-25		FM David H. Levin: <<zanzibar>: Boden speaking about Loewenthal's performance at Birmingham: <"Every experienced chess-player will know that there are reasons not very difficult to see why Mr. Löwenthal may have played much better at the Birmingham congress than in his match with Mr. Morphy.">> Boden's resorting to a preset ad hominem ("If you can't see this, you mustn't be an experienced chess-player.") makes me suspect that he doesn't have any "reasons" but sought to elevate Löwenthal, deprecate Morphy, or both.

Jan-07-25		FM David H. Levin: The game's 17...fxe4 half-opened the f-file, but it wasn't easy to pierce White's kingside. In contrast, 17...f4 would have soon broken it up. Then 18. Nf5 could have been met by 18...Rxf5! 19. exf5 f3. click for larger view If now 20. gxf3, then 20...Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qg4!, and White would have to sack his queen to stop mate. In the above diagram, White's best try seems to be 20. h3, to prevent 20...Qg4. But then 20...Rf8 would threaten 21...e4 followed by 22...Rxf5 and swinging that piece to the g- or h-file. I'd expect that with so few pieces available to help defend his king, White's position would soon crumble. Answering 17...f4 by 18. Ne2 or 18. Nh1 would still run into 18...f3.

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