Samuel Boden

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

However, the mate was known previously from the game Horwitz–Popert, Hamburg 1844.

There is also a line in the Philidor Defence named after him, based on one of his games against Paul Morphy.

[2] He was the author of A Popular Introduction to the Study and Practice of Chess, published anonymously in 1851.

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