| József Szén
(1805-1857) The view of Budapest from the Danube is supposedly so beautiful it has been called the Paris of the East. It was originally two cities separated by the river: Buda, the city with high, green hills and Pest (or Pesth) with it's flat banks. According to one 19th century report (with pictures): The approach to Pesth is recognized by the number of rafts and barges moored to the banks, the long rows of clacking water mills, and the rocky citadel of Buda. This Capital of Hungary consists of two parts; Buda, the old town on the right bank of the Danube--the residence of the king--and Pesth on the left bank--the modern rising town, and the seat of the Hungarian government. They are connected by a grand suspension bridge, near which the steamers are moored. the early history of Pesth was a series of disasters; five times it was conquered by the Turks, but was finally rescued from them by the Duke of Lorraine in 1686. Since that time it has risen rapidly in prosperity and importance. It is now the finest, most populous, and most important commercial city of Hungary, and constantly increasing in extent. These features of thrift are mainly due to its grain trade. Regent and Bond streets, of Pesth, may vie in the display of their stores and the elaborately painted signs, with those of Vienna. These and the streets leading to the bridge concentrate the chief activity of the population. The other streets and squares have no marked features, except their size and width, and are often disagreeably dusty, owing to the location of the town in a sandy plain. The scenes in the streets give a stranger the mixed impression of splendor and semi-barbarism. Buda, (called Ofen or Oven by the Germans, on account of the hot springs in its neighborhood,) was held by the Turks for a century and a half, twenty of their mosques being afterward destroyed by the Christians. The fortress is situated partly on the summit of a commanding rock, 485 feet above the sea, and is reached from the lower town by a tramway constructed by the old Count Szechényi. The rails are laid at an angle of 45 degrees, and the cars are raised by a stationary engine, by means of a wire rope. There is an ancient shrine on the hill, in the midst of a vineyard, behind the fort, to which pilgrims come yearly from the farthest part of Asia. József Szén was born in Pesth on September 7, 1805. 
He worked as an archivist for the city of Pesth. He gained a certain amount of recognition when he, along with Johann Löwenthal, headed a Hungarian team (which included, among others, J. Oppenheim the Zenner brothers, Vincent Grimm - the club president ) from Pesth in a correspondence match with Paris between 1842 and 1846 and scored a shocking 2-0 victory, introducing the Hungarian Defense: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 The Paris team, Le Cercle des Echecs, was lead by St. Amant and Chamouillet. Lionel Kieseritsky was orininally part of the Paris team, but withdrew. Other team members were Calvi, Devinck, LaRoche and Deschapelles who quit after not getting the opening he wanted. Howard Staunton observered: The loss of M. Deschapelles was to be regretted certainly, but it was of far less import than the secession of M. Kieseritski (sic) which was irreparable. Another of his fathom they had not; and it is evident that afterwards they were completely outplayed, crushed in a manner, by the superior weight and talent of the adverse band. Before this match - (thanks to Jerry Spinrad) 1836 - Szén beat Bourdonnais +13-12, receiving pawn and move odds 1836 - Szén beat Calis (amateur?) +12-1 1838 - Szén beat Lasa +2-1 1838 - Szén tied Bledow +1-1 1838 - Szén lost to Bilguer +0-1 1838 - Szén lost to Mayet +2-3=1 1839 - Szén helps found the Pesth (Budapest) Chess Club On the basis of this correspondence match and probably on recommendation from Löwenthal, Szén was invited to play in the 1851 London tournament. Jerry Spinrad also found this news article in Der Humorist, April 12, 1851: The archivist of the city of Pesth, Mr. Szén, who demonstrated his mastery of chess years ago [this refers to an 1836 trip] in a long trip which took him to the London Chess Club, received an invitation from an English Lord [Lord Arthur Hay, who, incidentally, acted as a second for Morphy in his match with Löwenthal, was on the managing committee along with Lord Cremorne and Buckle] to visit the London Industrial Exhibition. At the same time a proposal was made, to test himself again against a number of famous English chess players. The Lord assured him in writing of such a great trust that he was ready to place large sums of money in anticipation of his victory. 1851 - Szén lost to Kieseritzky -7+13 1851 - Szén lost to Anderssen -2+4 1853: Szén lost to Harrwitz -3+1=1 1854 Szén tied with Falkbeer +9-9+2 January 13, 1857 - József Szén died in Hungary. **************************************************** Some games by Szén: [Event "Paris"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1836.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Slous,FL"] [Result "1/2"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.d5 Nce7 10.Bb2 f6 11.Nd4 Nh6 12.Qh5+ Ng6 13.Nf5 0-0 14.Nxh6+ gxh6 15.Qxh6 Qe7 16.Nd2 Qg7 17.Qxg7+ Kxg7 18.Kh1 Ne5 19.f4 Ng4 20.h3 Ne3 21.Rf3 Nxc4 22.Nxc4 Bc5 23.Raf1 Bd7 24.e5 Bb5 25.Rc1 Bxc4 26.exf6+ Kf7 27.Rxc4 Rae8 28.Rc2 Re1+ 29.Kh2 Rfe8 30.Rd3 R1e2 31.Rdd2 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Be3 33.Rc2 Bxf4+ 34.g3 Be5 35.Rxc7+ Kxf6 36.Rxb7 Bxb2 37.Rxb2 Re5 38.Rd2 Re4 39.Kg2 Ke5 40.Kf3 Rd4 41.Rxd4 Kxd4 42.g4 Kxd5 43.g5 Ke5 44.Kg4 d5 45.h4 d4 46.h5 d3 47.Kf3 Kf5 48.g6 1/2 [Event "Paris m"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1836.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Boncourt"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 h6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d6 9.0-0 Nge7 10.Qc2 0-0 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Bb3 Ng6 14.Rac1 Qg5 15.Nf3 Qf4 16.Rfe1 Bh3 17.gxh3 Qxf3 18.Re3 Qh5 19.Qd1 Qg5+ 20.Qg4 Qf6 21.Rg3 Nf4 22.Bd1 g6 23.Rxc7 Qb6 24.Rc2 Qd4 25.Qf3 Rac8 26.Rc3 Rxc3 27.bxc3 Qd2 28.Kh1 Rc8 29.Bb3 Ne2 30.Rxg6+ Kf8 31.Rg1 Nxg1 32.Kxg1 Rxc3 33.Qf6 Qe1+ 34.Kg2 Qxe4+ 35.f3 Qg6+ 36.Qxg6 fxg6 0-1 [Event "Paris m"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1836.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Boncourt"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qb3 c6 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Ne2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bd3 Bf5 13.Qc2 Re8 14.0-0 Bg6 15.Nf4 Nd6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bf4 Na6 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.a4 Nc7 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.axb5 cxb5 23.Rxa7 Re1+ 24.Bf1 Qc6 25.Qd2 Rb1 26.Qd3 Rc1 27.Ra3 Nd5 28.Qf3 f6 29.Qd3 Nf4 30.d5 Qxd5 31.Qxd5+ Nxd5 32.g3 Nxc3 0-1 [Event "Paris"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1837.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Walker,George"] [Result "1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.f4 e5 4.d3 d6 5.Be2 f5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bf3 Nd4 8.exf5 Nxf5 9.Nge2 Be7 10.Bd5 Nd4 11.0-0 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bg4 13.Ndc3 0-0 14.h3 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Bf6 17.Rb1 Qd7 18.Qe4 Qc6 19.Qxc6 bxc6 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Be3 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Rb8 23.b3 a5 24.a4 Bd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Kf2 c5 27.Kf3 Re8 28.Rd1 Rb8 29.Rb1 Re8 30.Rd1 Re3+ 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.Rd2 g5 33.Rd1 h5 34.Rd2 Kf6 35.Rd1 Kf5 36.Rd2 g4 37.hxg4+ hxg4 38.g3 Rf3+ 39.Kg2 1/2 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Newham,Samuel"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.c3 Nge7 6.Be3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd4 Qc7 10.c4 Ne7 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Be3 Ng6 13.0-0 Bd6 14.Qh5 0-0-0 15.Be2 Nf4 16.Bxf4 Bxf4 17.Nc3 g6 18.Qh3 f5 19.g3 Be5 20.Qh6 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qe5 22.Bf3 Qxc3 23.Bg2 Rd7 24.Rfc1 Qd2 25.Qh4 Qd4 26.Qg5 Rhd8 27.h4 Qg7 28.Qe3 a6 29.Qxe6 Qe7 30.Re1 Re8 31.Qxe7 Rdxe7 32.Rxe7 Rxe7 33.Kf1 c5 34.Bxb7+ Kxb7 35.Rd1 Kc6 36.Rd8 Re4 37.Rc8+ Kb6 38.Rh8 Rxc4 39.Rxh7 Re4 40.Rh6 c4 41.Rxg6+ Kb5 42.Rg8 c3 43.Rc8 Kb4 44.h5 Re6 45.f3 a5 46.g4 fxg4 47.fxg4 Rh6 48.Ke2 Ka3 49.Rxc3+ Kxa2 50.Rc5 a4 51.Rb5 a3 52.Kf3 Ka1 53.Ra5 a2 54.Kg3 Kb2 55.Kh4 a1=Q 56.Rxa1 Kxa1 57.g5 Ra6 58.h6 Ra7 59.g6 Ra4+ 60.Kg5 Ra5+ 61.Kf4 Ra4+ 62.Ke5 Ra5+ 63.Kd4 Ra4+ 64.Kc5 1-0 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Anderssen,Adolf"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 Be6 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.Qxd5 Nf6 11.Qb3 d5 12.Qxb7 Nb4 13.Na3 Nxe4 14.c3 Rb8 15.Qa7 d4 16.Bc4 Nd6 17.cxb4 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 dxe3 19.0-0 e2 20.Rfe1 Bxb4 21.Rxe2 f6 22.Qxg7 Rf8 23.Qxh7 Qd5 24.Qh5+ Kd8 25.Rc2 Ke7 26.Ne3 Qe4 27.Rc7+ Ke6 28.Rc4 Qb7 29.Rd1 f5 30.g4 f4 31.Nd5 1-0 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Anderssen,Adolf"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bc4 a6 5.a4 Nge7 6.Qe2 Ng6 7.d3 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.0-0 f5 10.exf5 Rxf5 11.Nb1 b6 12.c3 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.d4 Nf4 15.Qd1 Raf8 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Bxf4 Qxf4 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Be2 Rg5 20.Kf1 Ng4 21.h4 Qh2 22.Bc4 Qh1+ 23.Ke2 Qxg2 24.Nxg5 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Qxf2+ 26.Kd3 Qf5+ 27.Ke2 Qe5+ 28.Kd3 Nf2+ 29.Kc2 Qf5+ 30.Kb3 Nxd1 31.Raxd1 Qxg5 32.Bd3 Rf2 33.Ne4 c4+ 34.Ka2 Bxe4 35.Bxe4 Qa5 36.Ra1 Qxc3 0-1 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Anderssen,Adolf"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Ne8 11.f4 f5 12.Nd2 c5 13.g4 g6 14.g5 Nc7 15.h4 Bb7 16.Nf3 Qd7 17.Kf2 Qc6 18.Be2 Rad8 19.Qc2 d4 20.cxd4 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Qg2+ 22.Ke1 Bb4+ 23.Bd2 Rxd4 24.Bxb4 Rxb4 25.Qxc7 Rxb2 26.Rf2 Qg1+ 27.Rf1 Qg3+ 28.Kd1 Rxe2 29.Kxe2 Ba6+ 30.Kd2 Qd3+ 0-1 [Event "London knockout playoff"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Horwitz,Bernhard"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Rxe5+ Be7 8.d4 0-0 9.Qe1 Bd6 10.Re2 c6 11.Bd3 Bc7 12.Bg5 Bxh2+ 13.Kh1 Bc7 14.Qd2 d5 15.Nc3 Qd6 16.g3 Bg4 17.Re3 Bh5 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Kg2 Qg5 20.Rh1 Bf4 21.Rxh5 Bxe3 22.Qe2 Qxh5 23.Qxh5 g6 24.Qh4 Bc1 25.b3 Rae8 26.Ne2 f5 27.Nxc1 f4 28.gxf4 1-0 [Event "London knockout playoff-5pl"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Kennedy,Hugh Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nc6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Be6 8.Re1 Bd6 9.Bf5 0-0 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Rxe6 Ne4 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Kh8 15.b4 Rf7 16.h3 Rc8 17.a4 Rfc7 18.Ne5 Qg5 19.Qxd5 Qxe3+ 20.Kh2 Qg3+ 21.Kg1 Qf2+ 22.Kh2 Qg3+ 23.Kg1 Nf2 24.Qf3 Nxh3+ 25.Kf1 Qxf3+ 26.Nxf3 Rf7 27.Nbd2 Ng5 28.Re3 Nb8 29.Rae1 Nxf3 30.Re8+ Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Nxf3 h6 33.Re7 Nc6 34.Rxb7 Ne5 35.Ke2 Nxf3 36.gxf3 Rc8 37.Rxa7 Rxc3 38.a5 h5 39.a6 h4 40.Kf2 Rc2+ 41.Kg1 h3 42.Rb7 Rg2+ 43.Kh1 Kh7 44.Rb5 Rc2 45.a7 1-0 [Event "London knockout playoff-5pl"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Szén,Josef"] [Black "Kennedy,Hugh Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4 0-0 8.Nge2 Bg4 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nbd7 11.f3 Bf5 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 c6 14.Rab1 b5 15.Ng3 Qa5 16.Rf2 Nd5 17.c4 bxc4 18.Qxc4 N5b6 19.Qc1 Rfe8 20.Ne4 Qd5 21.Qd2 h6 22.Bf4 f5 23.Nc3 Qf7 24.Qd3 c5 25.d5 Rac8 26.Rd2 g5 27.Bg3 f4 28.Bf2 Ne5 29.Qc2 Nec4 30.Rdd1 Na3 31.Qb3 Nxb1 32.Qxb1 Nc4 33.Ne4 Qg6 34.d6 Red8 35.Qb3 Qf7 36.Bxc5 Rd7 37.Rc1 Na5 38.Qc3 Rxc5 39.Nxc5 Rxd6 40.Qxa5 g4 41.Ne4 Rd5 42.Qxd5 1-0 [Event "Paris m"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1836.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Boncourt"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb6 6.b4 a6 7.0-0 d6 8.a4 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nbd2 Bxe3 11.fxe3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Ne4 Rfd8 15.Nfg5 Qxd3 16.Qh5 h6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qg6 Kh8 19.Rf7 Rg8 20.Raf1 Rac8 21.Rxg7 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Rxg7 23.Qxe6 Rcg8 24.Nf6 Qe2 25.Rg1 Nd8 26.Qh3 Nf7 27.Nxg8 Rxg8 28.Qe6 Qf2 29.c4 Qf4 0-1 [Event "Paris"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1837.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Walker,George"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.d4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nd5 Kd8 9.dxe5 Bd7 10.Nf3 Qh5 11.h4 h6 12.Kg1 Qg6 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rxh8 Bxh8 15.Qe1 Bg7 16.Qb4 b6 17.Bd2 Nc6 18.Qc3 Nge7 19.Re1 Be6 20.Nxe7 Nxe7 21.Bb5 Bd7 22.Qd4 c6 23.Bd3 Nf5 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 25.Rd1 g4 26.Ng5 Qxg5 27.Qxd7+ Kxd7 28.Bxf4+ Ke6 29.Bxg5 Bxe5 30.c3 f6 31.Be3 Rh8 32.Kf2 Rh7 33.a4 f5 34.a5 f4 35.Bd4 Bxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1842.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Loewenthal,Johann Jacob"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb6 7.h3 Nf6 8.0-0 h6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.a3 Nh7 11.Ne2 Ne7 12.Nf4 c6 13.Bb3 d5 14.e5 Bc7 15.Bc2 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Qd3 Qd7 18.Bd2 Ne7 19.Rac1 Rfe8 20.g4 Nf8 21.Nh5 Qe6 22.Nh4 Kh8 23.f4 f6 24.f5 Qf7 25.exf6 gxf6 26.Bxh6 Nd7 27.Bg7+ Kh7 28.Qd2 Ng8 29.Ng6 Re4 30.Qf2 Ne7 31.Qh4 Kg8 32.Nxf6+ Kxg7 33.Qh7+ Kxf6 34.g5+ Kxg5 35.Qxf7 1-0 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1842.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Loewenthal,Johann Jacob"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.d4 Bb6 7.Re1 d6 8.h3 0-0 9.Be3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.a3 Bd7 12.Qc2 Nh5 13.b4 Qf6 14.a4 exd4 15.cxd4 Bxd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Qxd4 18.Ra3 Qe5 19.Rf3 Re7 20.Bd5 c6 21.Bb3 Be6 22.Nc4 Bxc4 23.Bxc4 g6 24.Qd2 Kg7 25.Rd3 d5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Qf4 28.Qd4+ Kh7 29.Rd6 Rc8 30.g3 Nxg3 31.Rf6 Qg5 32.fxg3 Qxg3+ 33.Kf1 Rc2 34.Rf2 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Rd7 36.Qxd7 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qh4+ 0-1 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1845.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Erkel,F"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Bb2 Nf6 10.Nbd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ba3 Be6 13.Ne4 f6 14.Re1 Kf7 15.Nd6+ cxd6 16.Rxe6 Kxe6 17.Bxd5+ Kd7 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qa4 g6 20.Bxc6+ bxc6 21.d5 Re8 22.dxc6+ Kc7 23.Nd4 Re5 4.Nb5+ Rxb5 25.Qxb5 Qe7 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Qa6 Kb8 28.Kf1 Qc7 29.Rxd6 Re8 30.Rd7 Qc8 31.Bd6+ Ka8 32.Qb7+ Qxb7 33.cxb7+ 1-0 [Event "London2"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Harrwitz,Daniel"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nxg4 Nxe4 7.Qe2 d5 8.d3 Bxg4 9.Qxg4 Ng3 10.Rh3 Bd6 11.Bxf4 Qe7+ 12.Kf2 Bxf4 13.Qxf4 Nxf1 14.Nc3 0-0 15.Kxf1 c6 16.Re1 Qd8 17.Rg3+ Kh8 18.Qh6 Rg8 19.Re8 Qxe8 20.Qf6+ Rg7 21.Qxg7+ 1-0 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Newham,Samuel"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qe7+ 7.Qe2 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Ne4 9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 Be6 11.Bf3 c6 12.c5 Nd7 13.a3 Ba5 14.b4 Bc7 15.Nge2 0-0 16.h3 Bf5 17.Bg4 Be6 18.Rae1 f5 19.Bf3 Nf6 20.Rhf1 Ne4+ 21.Kc2 Rae8 22.g3 Ng5 23.Bg2 f4 24.gxf4 Nxh3 25.Bxh3 Bxh3 26.Rh1 Bg2 27.Rh4 Bf3 28.Kd2 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Rc8 30.Nd1 Bxf4+ 31.Rxf4 Rxf4 32.Kd3 Kf7 33.a4 a6 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 h5 36.f3 Ra8 37.bxc6 bxc6 38.Rb2 Re8 39.Rb6 Re6 40.Nc3 h4 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.Ne4+ dxe4+ 43.fxe4 h3 0-1 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Anderssen,Adolf"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Qe7+ 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 Be6 8.Qb3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Qxc4 c6 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rae1 Qe6 14.Ne5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Bc1 Rfe8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Qb3 h6 19.c4 Nf6 20.Rd1 Rad8 21.Bb2 b5 22.cxb5 cxb5 23.d5 Ne4 24.Rd4 f6 25.Rfd1 Qf5 26.d6+ Kh8 27.f3 Ng5 28.Rd5 Qf4 29.Qc2 Qg3 30.Kh1 Re1+ 31.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kh2 Qe8 33.Qc7 Rd7 34.Qc6 Qe6 35.Qxb5 Nf7 36.Ba3 Kh7 37.Qd3+ g6 38.f4 f5 39.Bb2 Nd8 40.Qc3 g5 41.Rxf5 Qg8 42.Re5 1-0 [Event "Paris m"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1836.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Boncourt"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb6 6.b4 a6 7.0-0 d6 8.a4 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nbd2 Bxe3 11.fxe3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Ne4 Rfd8 15.Nfg5 Qxd3 16.Qh5 h6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qg6 Kh8 19.Rf7 Rg8 20.Raf1 Rac8 21.Rxg7 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Rxg7 23.Qxe6 Rcg8 24.Nf6 Qe2 25.Rg1 Nd8 26.Qh3 Nf7 27.Nxg8 Rxg8 28.Qe6 Qf2 29.c4 Qf4 0-1 [Event "Paris"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1837.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Walker,George"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.d4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nd5 Kd8 9.dxe5 Bd7 10.Nf3 Qh5 11.h4 h6 12.Kg1 Qg6 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rxh8 Bxh8 15.Qe1 Bg7 16.Qb4 b6 17.Bd2 Nc6 18.Qc3 Nge7 19.Re1 Be6 20.Nxe7 Nxe7 21.Bb5 Bd7 22.Qd4 c6 23.Bd3 Nf5 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 25.Rd1 g4 26.Ng5 Qxg5 27.Qxd7+ Kxd7 28.Bxf4+ Ke6 29.Bxg5 Bxe5 30.c3 f6 31.Be3 Rh8 32.Kf2 Rh7 33.a4 f5 34.a5 f4 35.Bd4 Bxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1842.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Loewenthal,Johann Jacob"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb6 7.h3 Nf6 8.0-0 h6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.a3 Nh7 11.Ne2 Ne7 12.Nf4 c6 13.Bb3 d5 14.e5 Bc7 15.Bc2 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Qd3 Qd7 18.Bd2 Ne7 19.Rac1 Rfe8 20.g4 Nf8 21.Nh5 Qe6 22.Nh4 Kh8 23.f4 f6 24.f5 Qf7 25.exf6 gxf6 26.Bxh6 Nd7 27.Bg7+ Kh7 28.Qd2 Ng8 29.Ng6 Re4 30.Qf2 Ne7 31.Qh4 Kg8 32.Nxf6+ Kxg7 33.Qh7+ Kxf6 34.g5+ Kxg5 35.Qxf7 1-0 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1842.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Loewenthal,Johann Jacob"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.d4 Bb6 7.Re1 d6 8.h3 0-0 9.Be3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.a3 Bd7 12.Qc2 Nh5 13.b4 Qf6 14.a4 exd4 15.cxd4 Bxd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Qxd4 18.Ra3 Qe5 19.Rf3 Re7 20.Bd5 c6 21.Bb3 Be6 22.Nc4 Bxc4 23.Bxc4 g6 24.Qd2 Kg7 25.Rd3 d5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Qf4 28.Qd4+ Kh7 29.Rd6 Rc8 30.g3 Nxg3 31.Rf6 Qg5 32.fxg3 Qxg3+ 33.Kf1 Rc2 34.Rf2 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Rd7 36.Qxd7 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qh4+ 0-1 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1845.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Erkel,F"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Bb2 Nf6 10.Nbd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ba3 Be6 13.Ne4 f6 14.Re1 Kf7 15.Nd6+ cxd6 16.Rxe6 Kxe6 17.Bxd5+ Kd7 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qa4 g6 20.Bxc6+ bxc6 21.d5 Re8 22.dxc6+ Kc7 23.Nd4 Re5 4.Nb5+ Rxb5 25.Qxb5 Qe7 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Qa6 Kb8 28.Kf1 Qc7 29.Rxd6 Re8 30.Rd7 Qc8 31.Bd6+ Ka8 32.Qb7+ Qxb7 33.cxb7+ 1-0 [Event "London2"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Harrwitz,Daniel"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nxg4 Nxe4 7.Qe2 d5 8.d3 Bxg4 9.Qxg4 Ng3 10.Rh3 Bd6 11.Bxf4 Qe7+ 12.Kf2 Bxf4 13.Qxf4 Nxf1 14.Nc3 0-0 15.Kxf1 c6 16.Re1 Qd8 17.Rg3+ Kh8 18.Qh6 Rg8 19.Re8 Qxe8 20.Qf6+ Rg7 21.Qxg7+ 1-0 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Newham,Samuel"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qe7+ 7.Qe2 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Ne4 9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 Be6 11.Bf3 c6 12.c5 Nd7 13.a3 Ba5 14.b4 Bc7 15.Nge2 0-0 16.h3 Bf5 17.Bg4 Be6 18.Rae1 f5 19.Bf3 Nf6 20.Rhf1 Ne4+ 21.Kc2 Rae8 22.g3 Ng5 23.Bg2 f4 24.gxf4 Nxh3 25.Bxh3 Bxh3 26.Rh1 Bg2 27.Rh4 Bf3 28.Kd2 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Rc8 30.Nd1 Bxf4+ 31.Rxf4 Rxf4 32.Kd3 Kf7 33.a4 a6 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 h5 36.f3 Ra8 37.bxc6 bxc6 38.Rb2 Re8 39.Rb6 Re6 40.Nc3 h4 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.Ne4+ dxe4+ 43.fxe4 h3 0-1 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Anderssen,Adolf"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Qe7+ 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 Be6 8.Qb3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Qxc4 c6 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rae1 Qe6 14.Ne5 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Bc1 Rfe8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Qb3 h6 19.c4 Nf6 20.Rd1 Rad8 21.Bb2 b5 22.cxb5 cxb5 23.d5 Ne4 24.Rd4 f6 25.Rfd1 Qf5 26.d6+ Kh8 27.f3 Ng5 28.Rd5 Qf4 29.Qc2 Qg3 30.Kh1 Re1+ 31.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kh2 Qe8 33.Qc7 Rd7 34.Qc6 Qe6 35.Qxb5 Nf7 36.Ba3 Kh7 37.Qd3+ g6 38.f4 f5 39.Bb2 Nd8 40.Qc3 g5 41.Rxf5 Qg8 42.Re5 1-0 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Anderssen,Adolf"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.b3 b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.0-0 0-0 13.b4 b5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qb3 Bb8 16.Rc2 Re8 17.Ne2 Ne4 18.Ng3 Ng5 19.Ne5 Ne6 20.Ne2 Ncxd4 21.Rxc8 Nxe2+ 22.Bxe2 Qxc8 23.Rd1 Nf4 24.Bg4 f5 25.g3 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Ng6 0-1 [Event "London knockout"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Anderssen,Adolf"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d3 Nge7 5.Bf4 Ng6 6.Bg3 a6 7.a3 Be7 8.Nge2 0-0 9.0-0 f5 10.f3 b5 11.Ba2 Kh8 12.Bf2 d6 13.d4 c4 14.d5 Na5 15.b4 cxb3 16.cxb3 e5 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.Qd3 Bh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.Rc2 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Bf5 22.b4 Nb7 23.Rc6 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Qd7 25.Bb1 Qh3 26.Rc7 Nd8 27.f4 exf4 28.Bd4 Nf7 29.Qe6 Qxe6 30.dxe6 Nfe5 31.Bxg6 Nxg6 32.Bxg7+ Kg8 33.Bxf8 Rxf8 34.gxf4 Bf6 35.f5 Ne5 36.Ng3 Ng4 37.Ne4 Bd4+ 38.Kh1 d5 39.e7 Re8 40.Nd6 1-0 [Event "London knockout playoff"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Horwitz,Bernhard"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Qb6 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.Qe2 Bg4 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qc7 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nc3 a6 12.a4 Ng6 13.0-0 Be7 14.Nh2 0-0 15.Qh5 c4 16.Be2 f5 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Bf5 20.Qe3 Nd7 21.Ng5 Nf4 22.Bf3 h6 23.Ne6 Nxe6 24.g4 Nd4 25.gxf5 Nxc2 26.Qe4 Nxa1 27.Rxa1 Nf6 28.Qh4 c3 29.bxc3 Qxc3 30.Rd1 Rac8 31.Kh1 Rc4 32.Qg3 e4 33.Rg1 Rf7 34.Bd1 Qxg3 35.Rxg3 Rc1 36.Rg1 Rfc7 37.Ng4 Nxg4 38.hxg4 R7c4 39.Kg2 Rd4 40.Bb3 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 Rb4 42.Bc2 Rc4 43.Bb3 Rc3 0-1 [Event "London knockout playoff"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Horwitz,Bernhard"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Be2 Nh6 6.0-0 Be7 7.b3 0-0 8.c3 Bd7 9.Bd3 f6 10.Bc2 Rc8 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Ba3 fxe5 13.fxe5 Be8 14.Qe3 Ng4 15.Qe2 Ngxe5 16.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Qxe5 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.d4 Ng4 20.Kg1 Bf8 21.Bd1 Ne3 22.Nd2 cxd4 23.Bxf8 dxc3 24.Ba3 cxd2 25.Kf2 Nc2 26.Bxc2 Rxc2 27.Ke3 Bh5 28.Rf1 h6 0-1 [Event "London knockout playoff-5pl"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Kennedy,Hugh Alexander"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Ne7 9.Qg4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.e5 Ng6 12.f4 c5 13.Be3 c4 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.h4 Qe7 16.h5 gxh5 17.Qxh5 Bd7 18.g4 Qf7 19.Qxf7+ Kxf7 20.f5 g6 21.Bc5 exf5 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Rab1 Ke6 24.Rb7 a5 25.gxf5+ gxf5 26.Re1 Rg8+ 27.Kf2 Rg6 28.Rh1 Ba4 29.Re1 Bxc2 30.Rb6+ Ke7 31.Rxg6 hxg6 32.Ke3 g5 33.Kd4 Ke6 34.Rh1 Kf7 35.Rh6 g4 36.Kxd5 g3 37.e6+ Kg7 38.e7 Ba4 39.Rh3 f4 40.Rh4 Kf7 41.Rxf4+ Kxe7 42.Rxc4 Bd1 43.Re4+ Kf6 44.Re3 g2 45.Rg3 Kf5 46.Kd4 Bf3 47.Ke3 Bc6 48.c4 a4 49.a3 Bb7 50.c5 Bc6 51.Kf2 Ke5 52.Rd3 Bd5 53.Rd1 Ke6 54.Rd4 Bb7 55.Rd6+ Ke7 56.Rb6 Bd5 57.Rd6 Be4 1/2 [Event "London knockout playoff-5pl"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Kennedy,Hugh Alexander"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.0-0 Bg4 7.d3 0-0 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Be3 Bb6 10.a4 a5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.h4 h5 15.Ng5 Nf6 16.gxh5 Bxh5 17.f3 Nh7 18.Nc4 Nxg5 19.Nxb6 Nxf3+ 20.Rxf3 cxb6 21.Bg5 f6 22.Be3 Qd7 23.Qg2 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 f5 25.Qh3 Qf7 26.Bg5 fxe4 27.dxe4 Qf2+ 28.Kh1 Rae8 29.Rd1 Qe2 30.Rg1 Qxe4+ 0-1 [Event "London knockout playoff-5pl"] [Site "London"] [Date "1851.05.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Kennedy,Hugh Alexander"] [Black "Szén,Josef"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 d6 5.Bd3 fxe4 6.Bxe4 d5 7.Bc2 e4 8.Ne5 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Ba4 Bd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Nd2 0-0 13.c4 Qf5 14.Be3 Ng4 15.Qe2 Nb4 16.0-0-0 Nd3+ 17.Kb1 Ngxf2 18.Rdf1 Qg6 19.Bc2 Nxh1 20.Bxd3 exd3 21.Qd1 Rae8 22.Rxf8+ Bxf8 23.Qf3 Qf7 0-1
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