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Please recommend Sicilian Defense players of > 100 years ago

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From the 19th century, we should of course mention Paulsen and Lowenthal who both have variations named after them.
Lasker played the Sveshnikov long before Sveshnikov was born in his 1910 match against Schlechter.
Earlier, Anderssen and Staunton are among players considered world #1 who played the Sicilian (and Staunton also played the English 1 c4, leading to reversed Sicilians after 1...e5).

From the 19th century, we should of course mention Paulsen and Lowenthal who both have variations named after them. Lasker played the Sveshnikov long before Sveshnikov was born in his 1910 match against Schlechter. Earlier, Anderssen and Staunton are among players considered world #1 who played the Sicilian (and Staunton also played the English 1 c4, leading to reversed Sicilians after 1...e5).

I'm glad @ThunderClap and @lizani both mentioned Paulsen. Paulsen was one classy player -- who happened to have the bad fortune of playing at the same time Morphy lived.

It's pretty hard to be top banana when there's a Morphy in the room. It's like being a Spassky seated next to a Fischer.

But I guess Spassky, in a way, got the last laugh. Spassky's still around and much admired, I think.

Edit: AI just told me that Spassky went to the Great Chess Tournament In The Sky this very year, a few months back ... I must have been out of the country or under a rock or something at the time. Yet another reason not to travel around and disconnect from the news, I guess.

I hope AI is wrong (and I've noticed that sometimes that happens!) -- Spassky and classy rhyme, naturally.

I'm glad @ThunderClap and @lizani both mentioned Paulsen. Paulsen was one classy player -- who happened to have the bad fortune of playing at the same time Morphy lived. It's pretty hard to be top banana when there's a Morphy in the room. It's like being a Spassky seated next to a Fischer. But I guess Spassky, in a way, got the last laugh. Spassky's still around and much admired, I think. Edit: AI just told me that Spassky went to the Great Chess Tournament In The Sky this very year, a few months back ... I must have been out of the country or under a rock or something at the time. Yet another reason not to travel around and disconnect from the news, I guess. I hope AI is wrong (and I've noticed that sometimes that happens!) -- Spassky and classy rhyme, naturally.

Morphy discontinued serious chess involvement after 1858. Paulsen also started in 1857, but he continued well into the Steinitz years.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10343&kpage=1

Morphy discontinued serious chess involvement after 1858. Paulsen also started in 1857, but he continued well into the Steinitz years. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10343&kpage=1

Morphy faced Paulsen as his last opponent in the First American Chess Congress, held in New York in 1857.

If it weren't for Morphy, Paulsen would have won the whole freakin' thing.

The guy with the most interesting name at the tournament, however, was probably "Judge Meek."

Seems a bit of an oxymoron to me.

Morphy faced Paulsen as his last opponent in the First American Chess Congress, held in New York in 1857. If it weren't for Morphy, Paulsen would have won the whole freakin' thing. The guy with the most interesting name at the tournament, however, was probably "Judge Meek." Seems a bit of an oxymoron to me.

A Meek-Morphy game started 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Bc4 Bc5 5 Ng5. If I remember correctly, there was a revival of the Meek variation in 2022.

A Meek-Morphy game started 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Bc4 Bc5 5 Ng5. If I remember correctly, there was a revival of the Meek variation in 2022.

@Sarg0n said in #15:

147 years enough?

lichess.org/forum/game-analysis/guess-when-the-game-has-been-played#1

Blackburne vs. Adolf Anderssen, 1878.

Quite modern and "positional", isn't it?

@Sarg0n said in #15: > 147 years enough? > > lichess.org/forum/game-analysis/guess-when-the-game-has-been-played#1 Blackburne vs. Adolf Anderssen, 1878. Quite modern and "positional", isn't it?

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