Samuel Boden
Samuel Standidge floor ( born April 4, 1826 in Hull, † January 13, 1882 in London ) was an English chess master of the 19th century.
Achievements
Land belonged in the 1850s and 1860s, at times Adolf Anderssen and Howard Staunton, to the best chess players of England. As in London in 1851 the first chess tournament was held with international participation, playing ground in the so-called London Provincial Tournament, a tributary of the tournament, the players were from the UK and Ireland reserved. Both tournaments were conducted in the knockout system, soil won the final three games against Reverend Charles Edward Ranken. 1857 finished floor behind the Hungary Johann Jacob Loewenthal in Manchester in second place. A year later he won a match against his compatriot John Owen with 8:3 ( 7 = 2, -2).
On the American Paul Morphy, who during his stay in Europe, 1858-1859, the chess scene dominated, hit the ground twice: in 1858 in London lost ground in a contest over 10 games with 2.5:7.5, with one win and three draw. The following year he was next to TW Barnes, Lowenthal, de Rivière and Bird to a selection of five masters who ran against the Morphy in a simultaneous competition, the match between the two ended in a draw.
According to calculations of its historical Elo rating soil reached its highest rating of of 2492 in October 1860, and in July of the same year he was ranked 12 in the world.
Miscellaneous
Samuel soil composed some chess puzzles. According to him, the floor mat is named, a mat motif in his game occurred in 1853 against R. Schulder. Together with Lionel Kieseritzky he is also the namesake of the ground - Kieseritzky gambits, gambits in a variant of the Russian section ( 1 e2- e4 e7 - e5 2 Sg1 -f3 - f6 Ng8 3 Lf1 - c4 Sf6xe4 4 Nb1 - c3).
In 1851 published the book A Popular Floor Introduction to the Study and Practice of Chess ( Charles S. Skeet, London 1851). From 1858 to 1872 he led the chess column in the newspaper The Field. In addition to the game of chess were soil interests in art, he was an art critic and painted images themselves. More than 100 years after his death watercolors soil were offered at auctions for sale.
George Alcock MacDonnell - Samuel floor
A beautiful combination succeeded Samuel ground in 1869 in his game against the Irish Reverend George Alcock MacDonnell ( 1830-1899 ). After a for MacDonnell ( White ) unfavorable verlaufenen opening phase, a sort of Evans Gambit without the trains Sg1 -f3 and Sb8 - c6 ( 1 e2- e4 e7 - e5 2 Lf1 - c4 - c5 Bf8 3 b2- b4? ), has reached the position in the diagram shown. Ground has his characters fully developed and occupied a dominant central position. MacDonnells figures are poorly coordinated, his king is uncertain and clamps the King's Tower. Floor uses the last faulty train 20 La3 - c5 by a powerful queen sacrifice made , resulting in the decisive opening line. :
Will not lose any white figure in a hopeless position, he must accept and weaken his king position decisively the victim.
The crucial train, it threatens directly the tower Tilt g6 with Matt.
The only train, MacDonnell must g6 cover the field to possibly return the lady. Ground would now be 23, with the elegant train ... Nc6 - e5! can exit the game immediately: It threatens matt Se5xf3, take the jumper means d4xe5 fails to Td8xd1 what the lady of g6 distracts and leads to Dc2xd1 Te6 - g6 # to Matt, on 24 Dc2 -e4 follows Te6 - g6 25 De4xg6 Se5xf3 matt. Floor decides to another victim, which is based on the same motives:
Threatens deflection of the lady after Td4xd1
It once again threatens the knight on f3 Matt, on Td1xd4 follows the basic series Matt Te6 - e1 #, on the cover of the farmers f3 means Dc2 -d3 can Nd4 - e2 and Te6 - g6 # follow, or vice versa. MacDonnell gave up the game.