Monday
Aug222016
This Week's World Chess Column: Two Consultation Games That Mattered
Monday, August 22, 2016 at 1:06AM
In this week's column I take a look back at a pair of consultation games between Paul Morphy and his elusive prey, Howard Staunton. Staunton, whether due to cowardice or busyness, never gave Morphy the one-on-one contest the latter desired during his trips to Europe in the late 1850s, but they did play a couple of games against each other with a partner. What happened? Go and see for yourself!
tagged AGON, Howard Staunton, Paul Morphy
Reader Comments (1)
Could you elaborate on your views of Staunton as a player? (Maybe you did it in another column and could point me that way).
[DM: He was certainly one of the best players of his day and probably the best player in the world in the early 1840s. I don't think Anderssen's win in London 1851 (which included a match victory over Staunton) was a fluke though, and although I'm sure he'd have taken some games off of Morphy the latter would be a heavy favorite in my book, especially but not only given Staunton's rust.]