Charles Henry Stanley

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Charles Henry Stanley (September 1819, Brighton - 1901, USA) was the first chess champion of the United States. When the first-ever U.S. championship match took place in 1845, Stanley defeated Eugéne Rousseau of New Orleans and thus claimed the title. Stanley was an Englishman who emigrated from London to New York in 1845 per USA Federal Census of 1900, to work in the British Consulate, and his English ideas had a great influence on American chess.