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Elijah Williams vs Howard Staunton
London (1851), London ENG, rd 4, Jul-??
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65)  ·  0-1

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Aug-06-04  fred lennox: Staunton was a master at combinations yet his true strength was creating imbalances as this great game shows. Not only in the exchange of a rook for two minor pieces and the like, also in compensating pawn weaknesses like the double isolated c pawns after move 7.
Sep-18-14  ljfyffe: E. Blomberg-k. Ekebom Swedish Congress 1920 Eskilstuna <1e4 e5 2Nf3 Nc6 3Bb5 Nf6 4Qe2 d6 5c3 Bd7 6d3 Be7 7Bg5 0-0 80-0 h6 9Bh4 Nh7 10Bg3 f5 11exf5 Bxf5 12Nbd2 Bg4 13Bxc6 bxc6 14Qe4 Qd7 15Rae1 Nf6 16Qe3 Nd5 17Qe4 Nf4 18Qc4+ Kh8 19Bxf4 Rxf4 20Qb3 Raf8 21Re3 h5 22Ne1 h4 23h3 Bh5 24Qc2 Bg5 25Ndf3 Bh6 26Qe2 R4f7 27Re4 Bxf3 28Nxf3 Rxf3 29gxf3 Qxf3 30Rg4 Bf4 31Rxf4 Rxf4 32d4 Rxf3 33Qe4 Rf4 0-1>.
Sep-18-14  ljfyffe: Demonstrates another <variation> of 4.Qe2.
Sep-18-14  RookFile: Fischer said that Staunton was very strong in the openings.
Sep-18-14  ljfyffe: Staunton wrote a lot about Shakespeare as well.
Sep-19-14
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  perfidious: Staunton's work on Shakespeare remains respected by experts of that field.
Sep-19-14  ljfyffe: S.J. Schepps:"Editor Howard Staunton was one of the great Shakespearean scholars of his age. His knowledge of the texts themselves and of Elizabethan language and customs was enormous."

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