Staunton, Howard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1838  2499 (85) 3
1839  2529 (79) 2
1840  2562 (70) 0
1841  2596 (57) 48
1842  2621 (53) 5
1843  2638 (43) 88
1844  2668 (48) 11
1845  2679 (47) 14
1846  2665 (43) 54
1847  2629 (50) 8
1848  2610 (51) 7
1849  2624 (50) 10
1850  2607 (49) 2
1851  2606 (40) 44
1852  2645 (43) 19
1853  2644 (41) 50
1854  2627 (52) 2
1855  2625 (55) 5
1856  2638 (60) 12
1857  2604 (70) 0
1858  2570 (77) 4

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Staunton, Howard  
Born: 1810
Died: 22 June 1874
 
Notes:
Townsend provides circumstantial evidence that Howard Staunton was earlier known by other names, especially 'Charles Staunton'.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 25, 249
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 288, 305
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 95
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 404
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 307
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 35, 319, 338, 355
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 30, 580
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 332
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 325
   Murray, History of Chess, page 885
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 48, 163
   Townsend, Historical Notes on Players, page 109
   Townsend, Notes on Staunton
Periodicals
   [BLL], 22 Dec. 1839, page 2
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 6, July 1874, page 132
   [CLCM], vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1874, page 165
   [CLCM], vol. 2, no. 1, Feb. 1875, page 12
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Aug. 1874, page 117
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 6, Dec. 1874, page 161
   [Fld], 4 July 1874
   [HCM], vol. 2, no. 11, Aug. 1874, page 232
   [HCM], vol. 2, no. 12, Sep. 1874, page 253
   [ILN], vol. 65, no. 1819, 4 July 1874, page 17
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 186
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 5, 15 May 1843, page 206
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 45
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1851, page 233
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 3, 1 July 1874, page 39
   [WP], vol. 7, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1874, page 61
Web
   Alberti, Marco A.  [Howard Staunton]
   Hilbert, John S.  [Howard Staunton and Chess by 'Electric Telegraph']
   Mann, Steve.  [Yorkshire Chess History - Howard Staunton]
   Murray, H.J.R.  [Howard Staunton by H.J.R. Murray]
   Potter, William Norwood.  [The Late Howard Staunton]
   Sarah.  [Howard Staunton]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Early World Rankings], page 7
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Obituaries], page 1
   Tomlinson, Charles.  [Simpson's Divan]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4776. Staunton's origins]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Alexandre, A. - Staunton, H. 1838         (s)     2   -   1
Staunton, H. - Loveday, H.A. 1839         (s)     1   -   1
Staunton, H. - Popert, W.M. 1841         (f)     13   -   12
Stanley, C.H. - Staunton, H. 1841         (f)     7.5   -   5.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Brown, Jos. - Staunton, H. 1841         (f)     4   -   6      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1842         (s)     4   -   1
Staunton, H. - Taverner 1843         (f)     5.5   -   1.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and move
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1843 (1)         (f)     14   -   4
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1843 (2)         (f)     3.5   -   3.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and move
Staunton, H. - Cochrane, J. 1843 (3)         (f)     2   -   4
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Staunton, H. 1843 (1)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
Staunton, H. - Greville, B.J. 1843 (1)         (f)     4   -   1      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Greville, B.J. 1843 (2)         (f)     0   -   3      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and move
Staunton, H. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1843 (1)         (c)     3   -   2      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1843 (2)         (c)     2   -   1      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and move
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Staunton, H. 1843 (2)         (f)     8   -   13
Staunton, H. - Buckle, H.T. 1843         (f)     1   -   6      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and move
Staunton, H. - Kennedy, H.A. 1844         (f)     3.5   -   1.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Tuckett, W.J.W. 1844         (f)     4.5   -   1.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Williams, E. (1) 1845         (f)     3.5   -   0.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Spreckley, G.S. 1845         (f)     3.5   -   1.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1845         (f)     3.5   -   1.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Horwitz, B. 1846         (f)     15.5   -   8.5
Staunton, H. - Hannah, J.W. 1846         (f)     5.5   -   2.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of a knight
Staunton, H. - Harrwitz, D. 1846 (1)         (f)     7   -   0
Staunton, H. - Harrwitz, D. 1846 (2)         (f)     1.5   -   6.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and move
Staunton, H. - Harrwitz, D. 1846 (3)         (f)     4   -   3      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Kenny, C. 1847         (f)     2   -   6      Staunton, H. gave odds of a rook
Lowe, E. - Staunton, H. 1848         (f)     5   -   2      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Medley, G.W. 1849         (f)     7.5   -   2.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Hodges, W. 1850         (c)     0.5   -   1.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of a knight
Staunton, H. - von Jaenisch, C.F.A. 1851         (f)     7.5   -   2.5
Staunton, H. - Williams, E. (1) 1851         (f)     7.5   -   5.5
Staunton, H. - Wayte, W. 1851         (c)     1   -   0      Staunton, H. gave odds of a knight
Staunton, H. - Cronhelm, E. 1852         (c)     1   -   0      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Donaldson, Jo. 1852 (1)         (c)     8.5   -   6.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Donaldson, Jo. 1852 (2)         (c)     1   -   0
Staunton, H. - Wayte, W. 1852         (s)     1   -   1      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - de Rives 1853 (1)         (c)     6   -   2
Staunton, H. - de Rives 1853 (2)         (c)     4.5   -   5.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
von der Lasa, T. - Staunton, H. 1853         (c)     6.5   -   5.5
Staunton, H. - Lowenthal, J.J. 1853         (s)     13.5   -   6.5
Staunton, H. - Skipworth, A.B. 1854         (c)     0.5   -   1.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of a knight
Staunton, H. - Brien, R.B. 1855         (f)     1.5   -   3.5      Staunton, H. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Staunton, H. - Worrall, T.H. 1856         (f)     8   -   4      Staunton, H. gave odds of a rook

Tournament data

London, England 1851 (1)     The International Chess Tournament    
  Staunton, H. - Brodie, A.     2 - 0    
  Staunton, H. - Horwitz, B.     4.5 - 2.5    
  Staunton, H. - Anderssen, K.E.A.     1 - 4    
  Staunton, H. - Williams, E. (1)     3.5 - 4.5    
Birmingham and London, England 1858     2nd British Chess Association Congress    
  Staunton, H. - Hughes, H.     2 - 0    
  Staunton, H. - Lowenthal, J.J.     0 - 2    


Player information updated: 22 Aug. 2023