Boden Samuel Standidge (04.04.1826 – 13.01.1882)

Boden-Samuel-StandidgeEnglish player and columnist of the Field (1857-1872).

Best results: in a match, he beat Owen in match +7-3=2 in 1852 and was the second at Manchester  1857 and Bristol in 1861.

Morphy said: he was the best English player.

The author of  A popular Introduction to the Study and Practice of Chess (1851).

Historical ELO: 2470.