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Lionel Kieseritzky vs Howard Staunton
Kieseritzky Blindfold, Odds Game (Ra8) (1845) (unorthodox), London ENG
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Jun-01-23  joeld: Reti in his book Masters of the Chessboard cites the game A Meek vs Morphy, 1855 to show how brilliant Morphy was to develop a new knight with 5... Nh6 instead of using the old knight to defend f6 with 5... Ne5 which would have been usual for the times.

But what Reti doesn't tell you (or didn't know) is that Staunton got to this idea first in this game.

Nov-29-23
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  MissScarlett: From Staunton's first column in the <ILN>:

<Our opening game is one of a novel description, which was played, not as any trial of skill, but "in a merry sport," between Mr. Staunton and M. Kieseritzki. In this partie, Mr. Staunton gave the Q's Rook, on condition that M. Kieseritzki played without seeing the Chess board. M. K. had the advantage of playing first.>

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