CHESS PLAYER

Howard Staunton

1810 - 1874

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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 as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant. He promoted a chess set of clearly distinguishable pieces of standardised shape – the Staunton pattern promulgated by Nathaniel Cooke – that is still the style required for competitions. 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 1840s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Staunton is the 15th most popular chess player (up from 40th in 2019), the 508th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,476th in 2019) and the most popular British Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Howard Staunton ranks 15 out of 461. Before him are Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, Garry Kasparov, Vasily Smyslov, and François-André Danican Philidor. After him are Frank Marshall, Paul Morphy, Adolf Anderssen, Paul Keres, Nona Gaprindashvili, and Viktor Korchnoi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Howard Staunton ranks 9. Before him are Robert Schumann, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, P. T. Barnum, Éliphas Lévi, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, and Theodor Schwann. After him are Alfred de Musset, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Otto Nicolai, and Ernst Kummer. Among people deceased in 1874, Howard Staunton ranks 4. Before him are Anders Jonas Ångström, Millard Fillmore, and Jules Michelet. After him are Adolphe Quetelet, François Guizot, David Strauss, Charles Gleyre, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Johann Philipp Reis, Josiah Warren, and Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Staunton ranks 508 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Burgess (1917), James Hilton (1900), Jackie Stewart (1939), Richard Wright (1943), Arthur Eddington (1882), and Andrew Irvine (1902). After him are Beatrix Potter (1866), Robert Walpole (1676), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), John Wesley (1703), William Pitt the Younger (1759), and James I of Scotland (1394).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Howard Staunton ranks 1. After him are Alexander McDonnell (1798), Nigel Short (1965), Henry Bird (1830), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), Michael Adams (1971), Fred Yates (1884), Horatio Caro (1862), Amos Burn (1848), Jonathan Penrose (1933), John Owen (1827), and John Nunn (1955).

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