Charles Henry Stanley

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Charles Stanley (left) during his match with John Turner (right) in Washington in 1850.

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The Great Chess Match 26 Dec 1845, Fri The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) Newspapers.com

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.

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Chess 01 Jan 1846, Thu Milwaukee Daily Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com

Chess. — A very interesting contest in the noble game of Chess, is now in progress at New Orleans. The parties are Mr. C. H. Stanley, President of the New York Chess Club, and Mr. Rousseau of New Orleans. — The match is for 500 dollars a side for the best out of twenty-nine games. Mr. Stanley has won his way, by his excellent game, to the presidency of the New York Chess Club, and now contests with Mr. Rousseau, the best player in the South, the “Championship” of the Union. We learn from the last N.O. Bee that the first two games, after a hard struggle, were both won by Mr. Stanley. The openings in both games, according to the Bee, “were what is termed Giuoco Piano, or regular debut,” and the first was decided in 66 moves.

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