Editing Howard Staunton (section)

===1849, marriage and design of a chess set===
{{main article|Staunton chess set}}
[[Image:JaquesCookStaunton.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Original Staunton chess pieces, left to right: pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, and king]]

On 23 July 1849, Staunton married Frances Carpenter Nethersole, who had had eight children by a previous marriage.<ref name="WinterChessNote4776"/><ref name="WallStaunton"/>

In 1849, [[Nathaniel Cooke]] registered a [[chess pieces|chess set]] design, and [[Jaques of London]] obtained the manufacturing rights. Staunton advertised the new set in his ''Illustrated London News'' chess column, pointing out that the pieces were easily identifiable, very stable, and good-looking. Each box was signed by Staunton, and Staunton received a royalty on each set sold.<ref name="batgirlStaunton"/>

The design became popular, and has been the standard for both professional and amateur chess players ever since.<ref>
{{cite book
 | author=Kasparov, G.  | author-link=Garry Kasparov
 | year=2003
 | title=[[My Great Predecessors]]
 | volume=Part&nbsp;I  | page=17
 | publisher=Everyman Chess
 | isbn=1-85744-330-6
}}<br/>
{{cite book
 | author1=Saidy, A.   | author1-link=Anthony Saidy
 | author2=Lessing, N. | author-link2=Norman Lessing
 | year=1974
 | title=The World of Chess
 | page=[https://archive.org/details/worldofchess00said/page/88 88]
 | publisher=Random House
 | isbn=0-394-48777-X
 | url=https://archive.org/details/worldofchess00said/page/88
}}
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{{cite web
 | title=Standards of Chess Equipment and tournament venue for FIDE Tournaments
 | publisher=[[FIDE]]
 | access-date=19 June 2008
| url=http://www.fide.com/info/handbook?id=16&view=category
}}
</ref> [[Anthony Saidy]] and [[Norman Lessing]] wrote that, "if a vote was taken among chess-players as to which pieces they most enjoyed playing with, ... the Staunton chessmen would win by an overwhelming margin."<ref>
{{cite book
 | author1=Saidy, A.    | author1-link=Anthony Saidy
 | author2=Lessing, N.  | author-link2=Norman Lessing
 | year=1974
 | title=The World of Chess
 | page=[https://archive.org/details/worldofchess00said/page/88 88]
 | publisher=Random House
 | isbn=0-394-48777-X
 | url=https://archive.org/details/worldofchess00said/page/88
}}
</ref>