“We regret to announce the death of Mr. Preston Ware of Boston, a veteran and most enthusiastic player who trusted more to his own eccentric originality to puzzle his opponents than to any knowledge of book openings.  He was the inventor of the ‘Stonewall’ and ‘Meadow Hay’ debuts and in 1882 he took part in the Vienna Congress where he succeeded in defeating Mr. Steinitz and Herr. Max Weiss.”

Preston Ware died in 1890.

Reference Data:

The British Chess Magazine, Vol. 10-11, by Robert Frederick Green, London, 1890