William Lewis (1787-1870)
By Bill Wall
On October 9, 1787, William Lewis was born in Birmingham, England.
Around 1810, he moved to London where he worked for a merchant for a short period.
Lewis began playing chess at the London Chess Club at Tom’s Coffee House, Cornhill, formed in 1807.
Lewis became a student of schoolmaster Jacob Sarratt (1772-1819) at the Salopian Coffee House. Sarratt was the house professional. Lewis called Sarratt the finest and most finished player he had ever seen.
Around 1813, Lewis began recording his chess games. His notebook containing many games between 1813 and 1840 was given by Lewis to von der Lasa in 1858. Many of these games appeared in the earlier years of the Chess Player’s Chronicle.
In 1816, Lewis borrowed a chess book called Essays on Chess, written by Trevangadacharya Shastee, from his friend Joseph Wood. The book was published in Bombay in 1814. From that, he created his own chess book, called Oriental Chess.
In April 1817, Oriental Chess or Specimens of Hindoostanee Excellence in that Celebrated Game, Volume 1, was published by William Lewis.
In 1817, Oriental Chess, Volume 2, was published by William Lewis. The books were a collection of 150 problems. The second volume contained the problem diagrams from the first volume.
In 1817, Lewis played a match with Peter Pratt.
In June 1818, Stamma on the Game of Chess, by William Lewis, was published in London. It was perhaps the first book that used colored chess diagrams. It was based on Phillip Stamma’s book, The Noble Game of Chess, published in England in 1745. Lewis thought that Stamma’s chess notation was tedious and fatiguing. It was in algebraic notation vs. Lewis’s descriptive notation.
In 1819, Lewis’s book, Stamma on the Game of Chess, second edition, was published in London.
Around 1819, Lewis was the hidden player inside the automaton called The Turk. He met all comers successfully when it was brought to London by Maelzel and displayed in London. Lewis was supplanted by Peter Williams.
In March 1819, Gioachino Greco on the Game of Chess, by William Lewis, was published in London. It contained 47 games played or collected by Greco.
After the death of Jacob Sarrat in 1819, Lewis became the undisputed leader of English chess. He started calling himself the “Teacher of Chess.”
In April 1821, Lewis visited Paris along with the Scottish player John Cochrane. They both played Alexandre Louis Honore Lebreton Deschapelles, receiving the advantage of pawn and move. The necessary arrangements were made by Labourdonnais, who served as umpire. Lewis won one game and drew two games.
In 1821, A New Treatise on the Game of Chess was published posthumously by Sarratt. The preface mentioned that an “unknown friend” was responsible for seeing it through the press. That person was William Lewis.
In 1822, A Treatise of the Game of Chess by Lewis was published. This was a second edition to Sarratt’s A Treatise on the Game of Chess, (in two volumes) written in 1808. Lewis called his book a new edition, revised and improved, with additional notes and remarks. Lewis was calling himself, the Teacher of Chess (Sarratt called himself the Professor of Chess). The book was in direct competition with Sarratt’s revision, A New Treatise on the Game of Chess, published posthumously in 1821 by Sarratt’s poverty-stricken widow.
In 1822, Elements of the Game of Chess, by William Lewis, was published in London. It was a treatise on the chess endings.
In November 1822, he translated the works of Pietro Carrera (1573-1647). In 1617, Carrera wrote and published Il Gioco degli Scacchi (The Game of Chess). Lewis called his book, Treatise on the Game of Chess, First Published in 1617 by D. Pietro Carrera, translated from the Italian. It was published in London by J. M. Richardson.
In 1823 Labourdonnais defeated Lewis in a match.
In 1824, Lewis was the leading English player in the correspondence match between London and Edinburgh. He was part of the London Committee that included Lewis, Cochrane, Pratt, Parkinson, Samuda, Tomlin, Willshire, Wood, Keen, Brand, and Mercier. The London team lost to the Edinburgh team, with all the games finished by 1828.
In 1825, Lewis played about 70 games with Labourdonnais at his house when Labourdonnais visited England.
In 1825, Lewis refused to play anyone on even terms.
In 1825, Lewis founded a chess club (Lewis’ Subscription Rooms) at his home in St. Martin’s Lane, where he gave lessons. He gave chess lessons to George Walker and Alexander McDonnell. His other students included Brand and Mercier.
In 1825, Lewis wrote 1st and 2nd games of the Match: London-Edinburgh.
In 1826, Lewis patented an improvement in the connection with the manufacture of pianofortes.
In January 1827, Elements of the Game of Chess, by William Lewis and updated by an American amateur, was published in New York. It was the first chess book published in New York.
In May 1827, Chess Problems: Being a Selection of Original Problems, by Lewis, was published inLondon. Many of the problems were contributed by Rev. H. Bolton.
In 1828, Lewis was declared bankrupt twice in one year due to bad investments on a patent for the construction of pianofortes that nobody would buy, and his chess club was forced to close. Most of his students and others returned to the London Chess Club (formed in 1807). Lewis did not allow any eating or drinking at his club or at his house, so many players went on to other chess clubs.
In 1829, Remarks of the Report of the Committee of the Edinburgh Chess Club, by Lewis, was published.
In 1829, The Games of the Match at Chess Played by London and Edinburgh, by Lewis, was published in London.
In October, 1829, Lewis and George Walker arranged a match of 21 games, at the odds of a knight that Lewis gave. After a year, Lewis reduced the odds to pawn and two moves.
In 1830, The Games of the Match at Chess Played by the London and Edinburgh Chess Clubs, by Lewis, was published.
In 1830, Lewis got a job that assured him of solid financial security for the rest of his life. He was the secretary and actuary of the Family Endowment Society. He held this post for many years located at Chatham Place, Blackfriars, until he retired on a comfortable pension.
In 1831, he wrote A Series of Progressive Lessons on the Game of Chess.
In the summer of 1831, he visited Stroebeck, Germany and played chess with some of the villagers according to their curious rules.
In 1832, Second Series of Lessons on the Game of Chess by William Lewis was published. In it, is the first time the Evans Gambit appeared in print.
In 1832, Fifty Games at Chess, by Lewis, was published. The book concludes with an interesting account of Lewis’s visit to Stroebeck, Germany, famous for its chess.
In 1833, Chess Problems: Being a Selection of Original Problems, by Lewis, was published in London.
In 1833, a second edition of Greco on the Game of Chess was published. He titled it A Treatise on the Game of Chess by Giochino Greco. This remained the standard English “Greco” until Professor Hoffmann’s edition of 1900, called The Chess Games of Greco.
In 1834, he was part of the Committee of the Westminster Chess Club, who played and lost a match my correspondence with the Paris Chess Club.
In 1834, A Second Series of Lessons on the Game of Chess was published.
In 1834, Game of Chess by Lewis was published.
In 1835, Chess for Beginners by Lewis was published. Its cost was 5 shillings. It ran through three editions.
In 1835, A selection of Games at Chess Played at the Westminster Chess Club by Lewis was published. It contained 50 games from the Labourdonnais-McDonnell match.
In 1837, Chess for Beginners by Lewis was published in London.
In 1838, The Chess-board Companion, by Lewis, was published. It ran through nine editions of 1,000 copies each. The cost was half-a-crown.
In 1838, a correspondent writing in the weekly magazine Bell’s Life, with a chess column edited by George Walker from 1834 to 1873, called Lewis “our past grandmaster.” This is the first known use of the term in chess.
In 1841, Lewis wrote a letter to Staunton, which was published in the first volume of The Chess Player’s Chronicle.
In 1842, the First Series of Progressive Lesson on the Game of Chess, by Lewis, was published.
In 1843, many players contributed to a fund to help the old widow of Jacob Sarratt, but Lewis did not contribute.
In 1844, A Treatise of the Game of Chess was published in London by A. H. Baily and Co., Cornhill. He included 25 original chess problems.
In 1846, a 3rd edition of Chess for Beginners by Lewis was published.
In 1846, Traite du jeu de echecs, by Lewis, was published.
In 1848, Letters on Chess, by Lewis was published. He published it under the name U. Ewell.
In 1850, The Chess-board Companion, by Lewis, was published.
In 1853, Lewis wrote that he had given up chess.
In 1855, the 8th edition of The Chess-board Companion, by Lewis, was published.
In 1855, Gentleman’s Magazine reported that William Lewis had died in New Cross, England.
In 1858, Lewis acted as stakeholder in the Morphy-Loewenthal match.
In 1858, the 10th edition of The Chess-Board Companion, by Lewis, was published.
In later years, Lewis played over published games and was collecting material for a new edition of his chess treatise, but it was never published.
On August 22, 1870, William Lewis died at the age of 82.
The variation 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5 is known as the Lewis counter-gambit. Another variation, 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4 is known as the Lewis counter-gambit.
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 Nh6
7. d4 Nc6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 f6 11. Bxf4 Ke7
12. e5 f5 13. d5 Qe8 14. O-O Qh5 15. d6+ cxd6 16. exd6+ Kd8
17. g3 Qg6 18. Na3 Rf8 19. Nb5 Ng8 20. Nxa7 Nf6 21. Qb6+ Ke8
22. Nb5 Ra4 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nce6+ Ke8 25. Qd8# 1-0
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 Nh6
7. d4 f6 8. Bxf4 d5 9. exd5 fxg5 10. Bxg5 Qd6 11. Qe2+ Kd7
12. Bxh6 Re8 13. Qxe8+ Kxe8 14. Bxg7 Qg3+ 15. Kd1 Qxg2 16. Rf1
g3 17. Rf8+ Ke7 18. d6+ cxd6 19. Rf7+ Ke8 20. Rf8+ Kd7
21. Rf7+ Kc6 22. d5+ Kc5 23. Rf4 Bg4+ 24. Rxg4 Qf3+ 25. Be2
Qxd5+ 26. Nd2 Qh1+ 27. Bf1 Nc6 28. c3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 dxe5
30. Rxg3 Qxh4 31. Rh3 Qf4 32. Kc2 Rd8 33. Rd3 Re8 34. Bg2 h5
35. Rf1 Qg4 36. Rd5+ Kb6 37. Rf6+ Kc7 38. Be4 Re7 39. Rc5+ Kd8
40. Bf5 Qa4+ 41. Nb3 Rg7 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Re6+ Kf7 44. Rc7+
Kf8 45. Rf6+ Ke8 46. Rxg7 Qh4 47. Bg6+ Kd8 48. Rf8# 1-0
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[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "J Wood"]
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[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3
Qf6 7. d3 Bh6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bc3 Ne5 10. Qh5 d6 11. g3 Bg4
12. Bxe5 Bxh5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. gxf4 Rg8+ 15. Kh1 Ng4 16. Na3
Ne3 17. Rf2 O-O-O 18. h3 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 c6 20. Ne3 f6 21. Raf1
Bg6 22. c4 Rge8 23. h4 f5 24. h5 fxe4 25. hxg6 exd3 26. Ng4
Bg7 27. gxh7 Re2 28. f5 Rh8 29. f6 Rxh7+ 30. Kg2 Bf8 31. Rxe2
dxe2 32. Re1 Rh5 33. Rxe2 Kd7 34. Kg3 Rf5 35. b4 b6 36. Re4 d5
37. cxd5 Bd6+ 38. Kh4 Rxd5 39. a3 Rf5 40. Re2 a5 41. Rf2 Rxf2
42. Nxf2 Ke6 43. Kg5 Be5 44. Ne4 Bxf6+ 1/2-1/2
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3
Bh6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Bxf4 Nc6 9. Bxh6 Nxh6 10. Qh5 Qf8 11. Rf6 Qg7
12. Qxh6 Qxh6 13. Rxh6 Nxd4 14. Na3 c6 15. Rd6 Ne6 16. Rad1
Rg8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Rg5 19. Kf2 Ke7 20. Ne3 a5 21. Kf3
b5 22. Ng4 Ra7 23. Kf4 Rc5 24. c3 b4 25. cxb4 axb4 26. Ne5 Rc2
27. a4 Rxb2 28. Rxc6 Rf2+ 29. Ke3 Rf8 30. Rdc1 Ba6 31. Rc7
Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Kd6 33. Ra7 Kxe5 34. Rxa6 Rb8 35. Ra5+ d5
36. exd5 exd5 37. Kd3 Rc8 38. Rb5 Rc3+ 39. Kd2 Rc4 40. a5 Rf4
41. a6 Rf2+ 42. Ke3 Ra2 43. Rxb4 Rxa6 1/2-1/2
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[Site "Unknown"]
[Date "1816.08.04"]
[EventDate "1816.08.04"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jacob Henry Sarratt"]
[Black "William Lewis"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. d4 d5
7. exd5 Bg4 8. Rf2 Bd6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nxf3 Ne4 11. Qe1 f5
12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Qd2 h6 16. Raf1
O-O-O 17. Qa5 Kb8 18. Be3 Bb4 19. d6 Qxd6 20. Qa4 Nb6 21. Qb3
Rhf8 22. Bf7 Qe7 23. c4 Bd6 24. c5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rd3 26. Qc2
Rxe3 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Qd2 Rd3 29. Qc2 Rfd8 30. Bc4 Bd1
31. Qc1 e3 32. Rf7 Qc5 33. b4 Qd4 34. Bxd3 e2+ 35. Kh1 exf1=Q+
36. Bxf1 c6 37. a3 Bb3 38. Qf4+ Qxf4 39. Rxf4 Rd1 40. Rf2 Bc4
41. Kg1 Rxf1+ 1/2-1/2
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[Date "1816.??.??"]
[EventDate "1816.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
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[Black "William Lewis"]
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[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3
7. g3 Qh3+ 8. Kf2 Qg2+ 9. Ke3 Bh6+ 10. Kd3 d5 11. Bxd5 c6
12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Qf1 Kf6 14. Bxg8 Kxe5 15. Bb3 Rd8+ 16. Kc3
Bg7 17. d3 Kd6+ 18. d4 Kc7 19. Bf4+ Kb6 20. e5 a5 21. Nd2 Ka7
22. Qxg2 fxg2 23. Rhg1 b5 24. Ne4 Bf5 25. Rae1 Na6 26. a3 c5
27. Nxc5 Rac8 28. Bf7 Nxc5 29. dxc5 Rxc5+ 30. Kb3 Rxc2 31. Rc1
Rdc8 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Bd5 Re2 34. Rxg2 Re1 1/2-1/2
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[Date "1818.12.31"]
[EventDate "1818.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]
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
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[Date "1819.??.??"]
[EventDate "1819.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "Peter Unger Williams"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. c3 c6
7. O-O Qe7 8. Ne1 h5 9. h4 f6 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. Qxh5+ Kd8
12. hxg5 fxg5 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5
Qxe5 17. Bxf4 Qc5+ 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Qd1+ Bd7 21. b4
Qb6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 Ne4 24. Rf3 Nxg3 25. Rxg3 a5 26. Ra3
a4 27. Nd2 Be6 28. Ne4 b5 29. Nc5 Bd5 30. Rf1 Ke7 31. Re3+ Kd8
32. a3 Ra7 33. Rf2 Re7 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. Rd2 Bc4 36. Kf2 Rf8+
37. Kg3 Rf5 38. Ne4 Ke6 39. Nc3 Kd6 40. Rd1 Rf4 41. Rd2 Rf1
42. Ne4+ Kd5 43. Nc3+ Ke6 44. Nd1 Bb3 45. Re2+ Kf6 46. Rf2+
Rxf2 47. Nxf2 Ke6 48. Kf3 Bd5+ 49. Ne4 Kf5 50. g4+ Ke6 51. Ke3
Ba2 52. Nxg5+ Kd5 53. Kd3 Bb1+ 54. Kc3 Bg6 55. Nf3 Ke6 56. Ne5
Be8 57. g5 Kf5 58. g6 Kf6 59. Kd3 Bxg6+ 60. Nxg6 Kxg6 61. d5
Kf6 62. Kd4 Ke7 63. dxc6 Kd6 64. c7 Kxc7 65. Kc5 1-0
[Event "Lewis vs. Wilson"]
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[Date "1819.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "Jonathan Wilson"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. e5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6
7. d3 Be7 8. c3 Nh6 9. O-O a5 10. d4 a4 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Qe2 c4
13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Bc1 Rb5 15. Nbd2 c5 16. Re1 h6 17. Nf1 cxd4
18. cxd4 g6 19. Ne3 Rg8 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Bd2 Bb4
23. Bc3 Rg4 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. h3 Rg7 26. Qf2 a3 27. Bxb4 Qxb4
28. bxa3 Qxa3 29. Rab1 Qc3 30. Rxb5 Bxb5 31. Rb1 Kd7 32. Rxb5
Qc1+ 33. Ne1 c3 34. Kh2 h5 35. Nd3 Qd1 36. Nb4 Qd2 37. Qf1
Qxd4 38. Rb7+ Kc8 39. Rb8+ Kc7 40. Na6+ Kd7 41. Qb5+ Ke7
42. Qb7# 1-0
[Event "Lewis vs. Wilson"]
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[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "Jonathan Wilson"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. e5
Nh6 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 c4 9. O-O b5 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Qe2 Nxe3
12. Qxe3 h6 13. Nbd2 a5 14. h3 Nf8 15. Nh2 Nh7 16. Qe2 g5
17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 O-O 19. Qh5 Ra6 20. Ng4 Qb6 21. Raf1 Qe6
22. R1f3 b4 23. Nf1 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qg6 25. Ng3 Kg7 26. Ne3 Qe6
27. Ng4 Qg6 28. Qxg6+ fxg6 29. Rxf8 Nxf8 30. Ne3 Ne6 31. Nxd5
Ba3 32. Rf6 Bc1 33. Ne4 Nc7 34. Nxc7 Ra7 35. Nd6 Kh7 36. Nde8
Be3+ 37. Kf1 Bd2 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. e6 Bxc3 40. Nf6+ Kh8
41. Rh7# 1-0
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[Date "1819.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "Peter Unger Williams"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.c3 c6 7.O-O Qe7
8.Ne1 h5 9.h4 f6 10.Bxg8 Rxg8 11.Qxh5+ Kd8 12.hxg5 fxg5 13.Nf3
Bf6 14.e5 dxe5 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Bxf4 Qc5+ 18.Rf2
Nd7 19.Bg3 Nf6 20.Qd1+ Bd7 21.b4 Qb6 22.Qd4 Qxd4 23.cxd4 Ne4
24.Rf3 Nxg3 25.Rxg3 a5 26.Ra3 a4 27.Nd2 Be6 28.Ne4 b5 29.Nc5
Bd5 30.Rf1 Ke7 31.Re3+ Kd8 32.a3 Ra7 33.Rf2 Re7 34.Rxe7 Kxe7
35.Rd2 Bc4 36.Kf2 Rf8+ 37.Kg3 Rf5 38.Ne4 Ke6 39.Nc3 Kd6 40.Rd1
Rf4 41.Rd2 Rf1 42.Ne4+ Kd5 43.Nc3+ Ke6 44.Nd1 Bb3 45.Re2+ Kf6
46.Rf2+ Rxf2 47.Nxf2 Ke6 48.Kf3 Bd5+ 49.Ne4 Kf5 50.g4+ Ke6
51.Ke3 Ba2 52.Nxg5+ Kd5 53.Kd3 Bb1+ 54.Kc3 Bg6 55.Nf3 Ke6
56.Ne5 Be8 1-0
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[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "NN"]
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[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg4
7. O-O Ne7 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Nxg5 Bxd1 11. Ne6+ Kf7
12. Nxd8+ Kg6 13. Bf7+ Kg5 14. Bxf4+ Kg4 15. h3+ Kh4 16. Kh2
Ng6 17. Ne6 Bf6 18. Nxd1 b5 19. g3+ Kh5 20. g4+ Kh4 21. Bg3#
1-0
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[Site "London"]
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[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
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[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Qe7+
7. Kf2 h6 8. Bb5+ Kd8 9. Re1 Qc5+ 10. d4 Qxb5 11. Nxf7+ Kd7
12. Qxg4# 1-0
[Event "Odds Games"]
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[Date "1821.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "Alexandre Louis Honore Lebreton Deschapelles"]
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[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]
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1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Qh5+
Ng6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. d6 Qxd6 9. Nh4 Bg7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qxg6+
Kf8 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. O-O Rh6 14. Qg3 c6 15. Nc3 d6 16. Rad1 f5
17. f4 d5 18. Bb3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. fxe5+ Ke8 21. Bf7+
Qxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Ke7 24. Qg8 Bf8 25. Qg5+ Kf7
26. Rf1+ Ke8 27. Qg8 1-0
[Event "Pawn and move odds match (3 games)"]
[Site "Paris, France"]
[Date "1821.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "Alexandre Louis Honore Lebreton Deschapelles"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Qh5+
Ng6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. Nh4 Kf7 9. d6 Qf8 10. Bc4+ Ke8 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qxg6+ Kd8 13. dxc7+ Kxc7 14. O-O Rh6 15. Qg3 d6 16. Nc3
Bd7 17. Nd5+ Kd8 18. b4 Bb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qg8 Qxg8
21. Bxg8 Rg6 22. Bd5 Bh3 23. g3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Kc7 25. a4 Rf8
26. Ke2 f5 27. Ra3 Rh6 28. h4 f4 29. Rf3 Rff6 30. b5 Kb8
31. Ke1 Rh7 32. Ke2 Rc7 33. Kd2 Rg7 34. Ke2 Rc7 35. Kd2
1/2-1/2
[Event "Unknown"]
[Site "Unknown"]
[Date "1825.??.??"]
[EventDate "1825.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "William Lewis"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6
7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Bc4 d6 9. Nd3 f3 10. g3 Qh3+ 11. Kf2 Qg2+
12. Ke3 Bh6+ 13. Nf4 Bxf4+ 14. gxf4 f2 15. d3 g3 16. hxg3 Bg4
17. Qf1 Qxg3+ 18. Kd4 Nc6+ 19. Kc3 Nxe4+ 20. Kb3 Nd4+ 21. Ka4
Bd7+ 22. Ka5 b6+ 23. Kb4 a5+ 24. Ka3 Nxc2+ 25. Kb3 Ba4+
26. Kxa4 Nc5+ 27. Kb5 Nd4# 0-1
[Event "Casual"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1829.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6 6. d3 f5
7. Bxg8 Rxg8 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. e5 d5 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Bg5 Qf7 13. Na4 h6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bc1 g5 16. Ne1 g4
17. Bxh6 Rh8 18. Bf4 Ne7 19. f3 O-O-O 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. Bg3
Qh7 22. Rf6 Qg8 23. Rc1 Nf5 24. Rxf5 Bxf5 25. e6 c6 26. Qa4
Qxe6 27. Qa8+ Kd7 28. Qxb7+ Ke8 29. Be5 g3 30. hxg3 Qh6
31. Rc3 Rh7 32. Qxb6 Qd2 33. Qxc6+ Rdd7 34. Nf3 Qd1+ 35. Kf2
Rh1 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Bf6+ Kxf6 38. Qf8+ Kg6 39. Ne5+ Kg5
40. Qg8+ Kh5 41. g4+ Bxg4 42. Qg6+ Kh4 43. Qh6+ Bh5 44. Ng6+
Kg4 45. Qf4# 1-0
[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1840.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "William Lewis"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. Bxg8 Rxg8 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4
exd4 7. Qxd4 fxe4 8. Qd5 Rh8 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qe5+ Kf7 11. O-O
Bg7 12. Qd5+ Ke8 13. f3 exf3 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Qxf3+ Kg8
16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Qd5+ Qf7 18. Re8+ Bf8 19. Bh6 1-0