Clarence Seaman Howell (2 April 1881, New York City – 27 October 1936) was an American chess master.
He took 4th at Buffalo 1901 (Harry Pillsbury won), and played in several cable matches USA vs. England (1901, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908) and Brooklyn CC vs. Chicago CC (1905) and vs. Rice CC (1909). He won at Trenton Falls 1908 (quadrangular),[1] won the New York State Chess Championship in 1909,[2] and won ahead of Juan Corzo at Havana 1917 (triangular).
His name is attached to the Howell Attack in the Ruy Lopez, Open (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. OO Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2).[3]
clarence, howell, clarence, seaman, howell, april, 1881, york, city, october, 1936, american, chess, master, took, buffalo, 1901, harry, pillsbury, played, several, cable, matches, england, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, brooklyn, chicago, 1905, rice, 1909, tre. Clarence Seaman Howell 2 April 1881 New York City 27 October 1936 was an American chess master He took 4th at Buffalo 1901 Harry Pillsbury won and played in several cable matches USA vs England 1901 1902 1903 1907 1908 and Brooklyn CC vs Chicago CC 1905 and vs Rice CC 1909 He won at Trenton Falls 1908 quadrangular 1 won the New York State Chess Championship in 1909 2 and won ahead of Juan Corzo at Havana 1917 triangular His name is attached to the Howell Attack in the Ruy Lopez Open 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 OO Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Be6 9 Qe2 3 References edit Trenton Falls 1908 Archived 2012 05 27 at the Wayback Machine New York State Chess Champions 1878 1972 Encyclopedia of Chess OpeningsExternal links editChessgames com Chessmetrics com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clarence Howell amp oldid 1202677105, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
