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In 1818, William Lewis published Stamma on the Game of Chess in London. In 1818, Johann Erdmann Hummel (1769-1852) painted, "Chess Players." The painting, oil on canvas, in the Romanticism style, is now located in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany. The persons in the painting are: architect Hans Christian Genelli (with a pipe); archeologist Aloys Hirt (making a move on the chess board); Gustav Adolf von Ingenheim (son of King Friedrich Wilhelm II and countess Voss); painter Friedrich Bury (the other chess opponent); the artist himself (at the window), Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (son of King Friedrich Wilhelm II and countess Doenhoff). In 1818, William Kenny publishes Practical chess Exercises in London. In 1818, Major Sylvanius Thayer (1785-1872), the "Father of West Point," prohibited chess at West Point Military Academy(founded in 1802). Thayer himself was a chess player, but was afraid that chess would steal away study time. In 1818, an Oxford graduate wrote Observations on the automaton chess player in London. On June 15, 1818, Napoleon Marache was born in France. In 1845, he published the first American chess periodical. In 1857, he participated in the First American Chess Congress. He died in 1875, at the age of 59. On July 6, 1818, Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), Germany. He was one of the strongest chess players in the world. He died in 1879, at the age of 60. In September 1818, the Turk was on exhibit in London. The operator was William Lewis, Champion of England. On October 17, 1818, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa was born in Berlin. He was one of the Berlin Pleiades and a strong amateur. He died in 1899, at the age of 80. On December 31, 1818, the automaton Turk (William Lewis) played Mr. Simons at Spring Gardens, England and won. Cazenove,John - Hull [C23], London, 1818, 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 c6 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Bb3 Bg5 11.Ndf3 Bg4 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Bc2 Nd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Nxg5 hxg5 17.Nf3 Rad8 18.h4 gxh4 19.Nxh4 Rde8 20.Nxg6 fxg6 21.Bb3+ Rf7 22.f3 Ref8 23.Qh2 1-0 Lewis,William - NN [C33], London, 1818 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.d4 Qe7 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bxf4 Nxe4 9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Qb3 Nd8 12.Re1 f5 13.Ng5 b6 14.Bd5 c6 15.Bxe4 fxe4 16.Rxe4 Qxe4 17.Nxe4 Be7 18.Nxd6+ Kd7 19.Qd1 h5 20.Nf5 g6 21.Nxe7 Kxe7 22.Bg5+ Kd7 23.d5 c5 24.g3 b5 25.Qd3 c4 26.Qxg6 Rf8+ 27.Kg2 Kc7 28.Qg7+ Nf7 29.Rf1 Kb6 30.Rxf7 Rxf7 31.Qxf7 1-0 Sarratt,Jacob Henry - NN [C38], London, 1818 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.d4 f6 8.Bxf4 fxg5 9.hxg5 Ng8 10.Qxg4 d5 11.Qh5+ Kf8 12.Bxd5 Qe7 13.O-O Bxd4+ 14.Be3+ Bf6 15.gxf6 Nxf6 16.Bh6+ Qg7 17.Qf7# 1-0 Sarratt,Jacob Henry - NN [C38], London, 1818 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 7.c3 c6 8.Qb3 Qe7 9.O-O Nd7 10.hxg5 hxg5 11.Nxg5 Qxg5 12.Bxf7+ Kf8 13.Bxf4 Qh4 14.Bxd6+ Ne7 15.Bg6+ Nf6 16.Qf7# 1-0 Sarratt,Jacob Henry - NN [C38], London, 1818 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 7.c3 c6 8.Qb3 Qe7 9.O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a4 a6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Qa3 Bb7 15.Qa7 Na6 16.hxg5 hxg5 17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.Qxb7 Qh4 19.Qxc6+ Ke7 20.Bxf4 Qh1+ 21.Kf2 Qh4+ 22.g3 Qh2+ 23.Ke1 Qxb2 24.Bxd6+ Kd8 25.Qb6+ Kd7 26.Bxb5+ Ke6 27.d5# 1-0 Sarratt,Jacob Henry - NN [D20], London, 1818 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 b5 4.a4 Bd7 5.axb5 Bxb5 6.Nc3 Ba6 7.Qf3 c6 8.Rxa6 Nxa6 9.Qxc6+ Qd7 10.Qxa8+ Qd8 11.Qc6+ Qd7 12.Qxa6 1-0 Sarratt,Jacob Henry - NN [C44], London, 1818 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5 Ne5 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 1-0 Sarratt,Jacob Henry - NN [C38], London, 1818 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.Bxf7+ Kf8 10.gxf3 b6 11.hxg5 hxg5 12.Rxh8 Bxh8 13.Bxg8 1-0 Sarratt,Jacob Henry - NN [C38], London, 1818 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 7.c3 c6 8.Qb3 Qe7 9.O-O b5 10.Bd3 g4 11.Nh2 Qxh4 12.Rxf4 Nf6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Rf1 g3 15.Nf3 Qh5 16.exd6 Bg4 17.Re1+ Kd7 18.Nbd2 Re8 19.Rxe8 Kxe8 20.Qd1 Nd7 21.Qe1+ Kf8 22.Qxg3 Re8 23.Ne4 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Qxf3 25.gxf3 f5 26.Nc5 1-0 Sarratt,Jacob Henry - NN [D00], London, 1818 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.f3 Nb4 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 Bg6 7.a3 Nc6 8.Bb5 a6 9.d5 axb5 10.Nxb5 Na5 11.Nxc7+ Kd7 12.Qg4+ e6 13.dxe6+ Ke7 14.Qg5+ f6 15.Qc5+ Qd6 16.Qxd6# 1-0 Napoleon Bonaparte - General Bertrand [C44], St Helena, 1818 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.c3 Qe7 7.O-O Qe5 8.f4 dxc3+ 9.Kh1 cxb2 10.Bxf7+! Kd8 11.fxe5 bxa1Q 12.Bxg8 Be7 13.Qb3 a5 14.Rf8+! Bxf8 15.Bg5+ Be7 16.Bxe7+ Kxe7 17.Qf7+ Kd8 18.Qf8# 1-0 Please report broken or duplicate links to the Webmaster. Official Website Copyright 2017 by William D. Wall All Rights Reserved |
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