Chess in 1813
by Bill Wall

In 1813, a chess club was established in Philadelphia. They did not have their own chess club, but met at the Athenaeum to play chess.

In 1813, J.F.W. Koch published Codex der Schachspielkunst in Magdeburg.

In 1813, Jacob Sarratt published the works of Damiano, Ruy Lopez, and Salvio.

In 1813, a chess club formed in Dublin, Ireland.

On April 11, 1813, Carl Jaenisch was born in Vyborg. He resigned his army commission to play chess and was one of the top players in the world.

On July 9, 1813, the first newspaper chess column in the Liverpool Mercury. It ran until August 20, 1814. The column was written by Egerton Smith (1774-1841), the founder of the newspaper in 1811. It was also the first weekly publication.

On August 23, 1813, Thomas Avery was born in Birmingham, England. He was a strong amateur chess player and the president of the Birmingham Chess Club.

William Lewis — J. Parkinson, England, 1813
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.d4 Nc6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.Qxb3 f6 11.Bxf4 Ke7 12.e5 f5 13.d5 Qe8 14.O-O Qh5 15.d6+ cxd6 16.exd6+ Kd8 17.g3 Qg6 18.Na3 Rf8 19.Nb5 Ng8 20.Nxa7 Nf6 21.Qb6+ Ke8 22.Nb5 Ra4 23.Nc7+ Kd8 24.Nce6+ Ke8 25.Qd8# 1-0

William Lewis — J. Parkinson, England, 1813
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.d4 f6 8.Bxf4 d5 9.exd5 fxg5 10.Bxg5 Qd6 11.Qe2+ Kd7 12.Bxh6 Re8 13.Qxe8+ Kxe8 14.Bxg7 Qg3+ 15.Kd1 Qxg2 16.Rf1 g3 17.Rf8+ Ke7 18.d6+ cxd6 19.Rf7+ Ke8 20.Rf8+ Kd7 21.Rf7+ Kc6 22.d5+ Kc5 23.Rf4 Bg4+ 24.Rxg4 Qf3+ 25.Be2 Qxd5+ 26.Nd2 Qh1+ 27.Bf1 Nc6 28.c3 Ne5 29.Bxe5 dxe5 30.Rxg3 Qxh4 31.Rh3 Qf4 32.Kc2 Rd8 33.Rd3 Re8 34.Bg2 h5 35.Rf1 Qg4 36.Rd5+ Kb6 37.Rf6+ Kc7 38.Be4 Re7 39.Rc5+ Kd8 40.Bf5 Qa4+ 41.Nb3 Rg7 42.Rc8+ Ke7 43.Re6+ Kf7 44.Rc7+ Kf8 45.Rf6+ Ke8 46.Rxg7 Qh4 47.Bg6+ Kd8 48.Rf8# 1-0



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