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He registered his design at the Patent Office on March 1 , 1849 under the Ornamental Designs Act Of 1842 . As he was the editor of the '' Illustrated London Times '', the newspaper where Howard Staunton wrote a regular chess column, he asked Staunton to advertise his chess set. Staunton did so in his column on September 8 , 1849 , and the set became famous under the name ''Staunton chess set''. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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