Elijah Williams (other)
Elijah Williams may refer to: * Elijah Williams (chess player) (1809–1854), British chess player * Elijah Williams (American football) (born 1975), former American football player {{hndis, Williams, Elijah ...
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Elijah Williams (chess Player)
Elijah Williams (7 October 1809 – 8 September 1854) was an eminent British chess player of the mid-19th century. He was the first president of the ''Clifton Chess Club'', and publisher of a book of games from the Divan Club. His most notable result was at the London 1851 chess tournament, 1851 London tournament, in which he defeated the celebrated British player Howard Staunton in the play-off for third place. He was accused by Staunton of taking an average of 2½ hours per move during some matches, a strategy thought to cause opponents to lose their focus on the match. According to Staunton, following a particularly dilatory performance by Williams in the London 1851 tournament, a 20-minute per turn Glossary of chess#Time control, time limit was adopted for standard play the next year. However other sources contradict this viewpoint and indeed it was not uncommon for Staunton to attribute his losses to the intolerable dilatory play of his opponents. Staunton is quoted as remarkin ...
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