Talk:St. George Defence

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[edit] Spelling

I don't normally care too much about British v American spellings, especially when a redirect is set up to make them both work, but I can't help thinking this subject should be spelt 'St. George Defence', given that it got its name from the patron saint of England after an English player got a notable victory with it. Anyone got any strong objections to it being moved? CTOAGN 17:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Consistency with other opening articles. 213.249.135.36 17:17, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

No, there's no such consistency (see Category talk:Chess openings#Defense vs. Defence). Most of the more common defences are at Defence, while many others are at Defense. CTOAGN's argument is a valid one, although I don't know if it warrants moving the article. -- Jao 14:56, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

I too prefer 'defence' to 'defense' but let us not split hairs good people.  SmokeyTheCat  •TALK• 19:33, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

This one is defence as the whole topic is about English items. ChessCreator (talk) 10:48, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Coinage

The article currently implies that the name was first used by Miles and also that it was first used by Basman. I'm assuming they spoke to each other regularly, so there may be some truth to both statements, but they sound contradictory. Can someone shed light on this? -- Jao (talk) 20:14, 1 May 2008 (UTC)