Howard Staunton

Howard Staunton (born 1810—died June 22, 1874, London, England) was a British chess master who was considered to be the world’s leading player in the 1840s. In 1841, Staunton founded the first successful English chess magazine, and in 1851 he took the lead in organizing the first modern international chess tournament in London, where, however, he came in only fourth. (Read Garry Kasparov’s Britannica essay on chess & Deep Blue.) Little is known about Staunton’s...