William Norwood Potter is one of those chess players who could be considered 'almost famous'. Playing in the 1870's and 80's, he was a contemporary of Steinitz, and according to Lasker, had a degree of influence on Steinit'z development as a positional player. Later noted for his writing, he was also a pretty handy player, narrowly losing a match to Zukertort, 8-6 (+4=8-2). He at least had the satisfaction of winning the following minature
Match Zukertort-Potter +4-2=8 London (10), 25.11.1875
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxd5 Qh6 11. h3 Nxd4 12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Nxd4 Bxd1 14. Nef5 Qf6 15. Raxd1 Be5 16. c3 Rad8 17. f4 Bxd4+ 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nb3 Rxd3 0-1
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