1845

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January 17, 1845

• Liverpool Mercury, etc. Liverpool, Merseyside, England Friday, January 17, 1845 - Page 6 — The Liverpool Chess Club.

February 26, 1845

• The Weekly Standard and Express Blackburn, Lancashire, England Wednesday, February 26, 1845 - Page 4 — Friendship of Chess Players. — Nobody but a chess-player can appreciate the strong tie of brotherhood which links its amateurs. When men spend much time together, they become accustomed to each other, like horses used to run in the same coach. For a fellow chess-player, a man will do that which he would refuse his father and mother. The habit of breathing the same air and looking at the same chess-board creates a friendship to which that of Damon and Pythian was mere “How d'ye do?” This it was upon which I reckoned. Schmidt and I had played thousands of chess-games together, and barely exchanged three words. He no more suspected me of being a banker's clerk than of being the King of the Sandwich Islands. We had mostly singled out each other as antagonists, because pretty nearly matched; and Schmidt loved me the more, as I knew, because it was not every man who would play with him. — Fraser's Magazine Read More

April 26, 1845

• The Leeds Intelligencer and Yorkshire General Advertiser Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Saturday, April 26, 1845 - Page 5 — Chess. — We hear that the celebrated Chess player, H. Staunton, Esq., has signified his intention of honouring the next meeting of the chess players of Yorkshire with his presence, if his health permit, on Wednesday the 14th of May at the Assembly Rooms, Leeds. Read More

May 10, 1845

• The Leeds Mercury Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Saturday, May 10, 1845 - Page 7 — Yorkshire Chess Club. — We beg to draw our readers' attention to the announcement which appears in our advertising columns of the meeting of the Yorkshire Chess Club at Leeds, on Wednesday next. We understand that Mr. Howard Staunton, the victor in the recent match between England and France, Mr. George Walker, the celebrated author on Chess, Mr. Newham, Mr. Bryan, and several other distinguished players have intimated their intention to attend. Read More

December 12, 1845

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, December 12, 1845 - Page 2 — The Great Chess Match. — There were two games played day before yesterday, the first of which was won by Mr. Rousseau and the second by Mr. Stanley. Yesterday evening the 10th game was played and won by Mr. Stanley. They now stand Stanley 6 to Rousseau 3 games, and 1 drawn. Read More

December 24, 1845

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, December 24, 1845 - Page 2 — The Great Chess Match. — The game played last evening was won by Mr. Rousseau, making the score now stand as follows: Stanley, 12, Rousseau, 8; drawn 7.

December 25, 1845

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, December 25, 1845 - Page 2 — The Great Chess Match. — The game played last evening by Messrs. Rousseau and Stanley was declared drawn, leaving the score of beaten games precisely as it stood yesterday morning.

December 26, 1845

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, December 26, 1845 - Page 2 — The Great Chess Match. — The game played yesterday was won by Mr. Stanley, and the score now stands as follows: Stanley, 13; Rousseau, 8; drawn, 8.

December 27, 1845

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, December 27, 1845 - Page 2 — Great Chess Match Over. — Mr. Stanley Winner. — The great chess match was finally closed yesterday, Mr. Stanley winning it by beating the last two games. It may be recollected that the match was for $500, the person who beat the first fifteen games to be declared winner. At the closing yesterday the score stood: Stanley, 15; Rousseau, 8; drawn, 8. We do not learn that much money, besides the original stakes, was bet upon the match. Read More

December 31, 1845

• New York Daily Herald New York, New York Wednesday, December 31, 1845 - Page 4 — Chess. — The twenty-second game of chess between Messrs. Rousseau and Stanley, was played at New Orleans on the 20th inst., and, after five hours duration, declared to be drawn. The score stands:—Stanley, 10; Rousseau, 7; drawn games, 5.