Samuel Standidge Boden (born 4 May 1826 in East Retford, Nottinghamshire; d. 13 January 1882 in Bedford Square, London) was an English professional

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

master. The mating pattern " Boden's Mate" was named after the mate that occurred in one of his games, Schulder–Boden, London 1853. There is also a line in the

Philidor Defence The Philidor Defence (or Philidor's Defence) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Nf3 d6 The opening is named after the famous 18th-century player François-André Danican Philidor, who advocated it as an alternative ...

named after him, based on one of his games against

Paul Morphy Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and is often considered the unofficial World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he was c ...

. Morphy was of the opinion that Boden was the strongest English master, even though

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had a better record against him than Boden. He was the author of ''A Popular Introduction to the Study and Practice of Chess'', published anonymously in 1851.A popular introduction to the study and practice of chess: forming a compendium of the science of the game
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Remembering Samuel Boden
from British Chess News * [fr
Boden gambit
by Dany Sénéchaud o
Mieux jouer aux échecs
1826 births 1882 deaths British chess players 19th-century chess players {{England-chess-bio-stub