Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ayyukansa a cikin gasar London ta 1862 mai karfi
, taron farko na duniya na zagaye na zagaye (wanda kowane ɗan takara ke wasa da juna) ya fi ban sha'awa. Ya gama na uku, a gaban zakaran duniya na gaba Wilhelm Steinitz, kuma shine dan wasa daya tilo da ya ci nasara a kan wanda ya lashe gasar, Adolf Anderssen. Louis Paulsen ya zama na biyu. Wannan sakamakon shine mafi girman nasarar rayuwar Owen a wasan chess.