Philipp Stamma (c.1705 – c.1755)
Philipp Stamma (Public Domain)
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| Alias: The syrian |
GENERAL INFO
| Description: Philipp Stamma, called “the Syrian”, was chess master and author of chess studies. It was unveiled in London at the Slaughter’s Coffee House on St. Martin’s Lane, the English equivalent of the Café de la Régence in Paris. His popularity was due for his publication “The Noble Game of Chess” in 1745, the first to use algebraic notation, making chess popular in Europe. |
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| Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player. Chess writer. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Aleppo, Aleppo Eyalet (Ottoman Syria), Ottoman Empire / London, United Kingdom. |
Country Tags: Aleppo, Syria. |
| Centuries: XVIII. | Title: – |
| World Champion: – | School: – |
| Styles: Positional and tactical. | Chess Olympiads: – |
IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Ajedrez de ataque: Philipp Stamma: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/03%20Finales/Bloque_20/Stamma.htm – [27/07/2018].
- Philipp Stamma in chess.com: https://www.chess.com/blog/qtsii/phillip-stamma—no-chess-stammerer – [27/07/2018].
- Philipp Stamma in ecured.cu: https://www.ecured.cu/Philipp_Stamma – [27/07/2018].
- Philipp Stamma player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=114666 – [27/07/2018].
- Robert John McCrary: “The history of notation”. In knight chess club: https://www.knightschessclub.org/the-history-of-notation.html – [27/07/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Philipp Stamma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Stamma – [27/07/2018].
Bibliography
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- Eales, Richard. (2002). Chess: The history of a game. Glasgow, Scotland: Hardinge Simpole Publishing.
- Elo, Arpad E. (2008). The rating of chess players, Past and Present. New York: Ishi Press.
- Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lawson, Dominic (1993). The Inner Game. Macmillan.
- Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.
