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Howard Staunton, an Uncommon card
Howard Staunton was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 26,000
Power 185 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Howard Staunton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Howard Staunton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From 1840 onwards he became a ______ chess commentator, and won matches against top players of the 1840s.
Answer
leading. From 1840 onwards he became a leading chess commentator, and won matches against top players of the 1840s. From the Howard Staunton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was the principal organiser of the first international chess tournament in ____, which made England the world's leading chess centre and caused Adolf Anderssen to be recognised as the world's strongest player.
Answer
1850s. He was the principal organiser of the first international chess tournament in 1851, which made England the world's leading chess centre and caused Adolf Anderssen to be recognised as the world's strongest player. From the Howard Staunton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of Brick Gothic buildings. List of Brick Gothic buildings 97 · Tod Browning 94 · Cinema of Russia 90 · Howard Staunton 87 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He promoted a chess set of clearly distinguishable pieces of standardised shape – the Staunton pattern promulgated by Nathaniel Cooke – that is still the style required for competitions.
- He was the principal organiser of the first international chess tournament in 1851, which made England the world's leading chess centre and caused Adolf Anderssen to be recognised as the world's strongest player.
- From 1840 onwards he became a leading chess commentator, and won matches against top players of the 1840s.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Howard Staunton article was read about 26,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Howard Staunton
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Howard Staunton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : R. & E. Taylor (Firm) / After Thomas Dewell Scott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
