- Philipp Stamma
Philipp Stamma ("c."1705–1755), a native of
Aleppo ,Syria , later resident ofEngland andFrance , was achess master and a pioneer of modern chess. Stamma was a regular at Slaughter's Coffee House inSt. Martin's Lane (London ), a center of 18th century English chess, and was considered one of England's strongest players.His reputation rests largely on his authorship of the early chess book "The Noble Game Of Chess" (published 1737 in France; English translation 1745). This book brought the Middle Eastern concept of the endgame to the attention of
Europe and helped revive European interest in the study of the endgame.Stamma was defeated quite handily by Philidor in a famous match in 1747, which marked the beginning of Philidor's rise to fame.
Stamma's book introduced
algebraic chess notation in an almost fully developed form before the now obsoletedescriptive chess notation evolved. Philidor's writings had more influence after his his victory over Stamma, and the descriptive system based on Philidor's approach was dominant for a long time. cite web
title=The History of Chess Notation
url=http://www.excaliburelectronics.com/history0799.html
author=McCrary , R.J.]He died in London in 1755, with two sons surviving him.
ee also
* Stamma's mate
References
*citation | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | authorlink=Jeremy Gaige | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography | publisher=McFarland & Company | isbn=0-7864-2353-6 | pages=403
*John Roycroft : "Philip Stamma", in:British Chess Magazine , 124 (2004), pp. 544-549, 603-608Persondata
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