Philipp Stamma (c. 1705 – c. 1755), a Syriac native of Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, later resident of England and France, was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess. His reputation rests largely on his authorship of the early chess book Essai sur le jeu des echecs published 1737 in France (English translation: The Noble Game Of Chess 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 a regular at Slaughter's Coffee House in St Martin's Lane, London, a center of 18th-century English chess, and was considered one of England's strongest players. He was defeated quite handily by Philidor in a famous match in 1747, which marked the beginning of Philidor's rise to fame.
Apart from the higher skills of Philidor, Ludwig Bledow and Otto von Oppen have suggested that his defeat could be attributed to the fact that Stamma, in Ottoman Syria, was used to playing with the Arabic rules and only after his arrival to Europe got acquainted with the Western rules. Bledow and Oppen also commented that the match was poorly documented, being mentioned only by Philidor's biographers, who frequently contradicted each other.[1]
Stamma's book introduced algebraic chess notation in an almost fully developed form before the now-obsolete descriptive chess notation evolved. Philidor's writings had more influence after his victory over Stamma, and the descriptive system based on Philidor's approach was dominant for a long time.[2] The main difference between Stamma's system and the modern system is that Stamma used p for pawn moves and the original file of the piece (a through h) instead of the initial letter of the piece.[3]
philipp, stamma, 1705, 1755, syriac, native, aleppo, ottoman, syria, later, resident, england, france, chess, master, pioneer, modern, chess, reputation, rests, largely, authorship, early, chess, book, essai, echecs, published, 1737, france, english, translati. Philipp Stamma c 1705 c 1755 a Syriac native of Aleppo Ottoman Syria later resident of England and France was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess His reputation rests largely on his authorship of the early chess book Essai sur le jeu des echecs published 1737 in France English translation The Noble Game Of Chess 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 Philipp StammaCountryEnglandBornc 1705 Aleppo Syria Aleppo Eyalet etrugul bey Ottoman EmpireDiedc 1755London England Essai sur le jeu des echecs 1737 Stamma died in London c 1755 with two sons surviving him Contents 1 Strong player 2 Other legacy 3 New edition of Stamma s book 4 See also 5 ReferencesStrong player editStamma was a regular at Slaughter s Coffee House in St Martin s Lane London a center of 18th century English chess and was considered one of England s strongest players He was defeated quite handily by Philidor in a famous match in 1747 which marked the beginning of Philidor s rise to fame Apart from the higher skills of Philidor Ludwig Bledow and Otto von Oppen have suggested that his defeat could be attributed to the fact that Stamma in Ottoman Syria was used to playing with the Arabic rules and only after his arrival to Europe got acquainted with the Western rules Bledow and Oppen also commented that the match was poorly documented being mentioned only by Philidor s biographers who frequently contradicted each other 1 Other legacy editThis section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves Stamma s book introduced algebraic chess notation in an almost fully developed form before the now obsolete descriptive chess notation evolved Philidor s writings had more influence after his victory over Stamma and the descriptive system based on Philidor s approach was dominant for a long time 2 The main difference between Stamma s system and the modern system is that Stamma used p for pawn moves and the original file of the piece a through h instead of the initial letter of the piece 3 His name is attached to the Stamma Gambit in the King s Gambit 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 h4 4 and Stamma s mate a rather rare checkmate New edition of Stamma s book editA new translation of Stamma s book into modern French appeared in November 2015 under the title Les cent fins de parties de Philippe Stamma 5 See also editStamma s mateReferences edit L Bledow O von Oppen Stamma s hundert Endspiele Berlin 1856 McCrary R J The History of Chess Notation Archived from the original on 2000 03 12 Davidson Henry 1981 A Short History of Chess 1949 McKay pp 152 53 ISBN 0 679 14550 8 King s Gambit Accepted Pawn s gambit Stamma gambit 365Chess com Retrieved 2009 10 30 Stamma Philippe 2015 Les cent fins de parties de Philippe Stamma Paris Books on Demand ISBN 978 2 322 04370 5 Bibliography Gaige Jeremy 1987 Chess Personalia A Biobibliography McFarland amp Company p 403 ISBN 0 7864 2353 6 John Roycroft Philip Stamma in British Chess Magazine 124 2004 pp 544 49 603 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Philipp Stamma amp oldid 1225283647, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
