Alexander McDonnell (1798-1835)
Alexander McDonnell (1883. Book portrait: MacDonnell Chess Life-Pictures.)
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GENERAL INFO
| Description: Alexander McDonnell was an Irish chess player, professionally engaged in trade. Thanks to getting rich, he was able to devote time to chess. He is widely remembered for the large number of games he played against Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais. | |
| Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Belfast, Ireland / London, United Kingdom. |
Country Tags: Ireland. |
| Centuries: XIX. | Title: – |
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IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Ajedrez de ataque: Alexander McDonnell, el prerromántico II: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%20Articulos/30%20McDonnell/McDonnell.htm – [30/07/2018].
- Alexander McDonnell at edochess.com: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/McDonnell.html – [30/07/2018].
- Alexander McDonnell chess games at 365Chess.com: https://www.365chess.com/players/Alexander_McDonnell – [30/07/2018].
- Alexander McDonnell passed pawn danger at Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/article/view/alexander-mcdonnel–passed-pawn-danger – [30/07/2018].
- Alexander McDonnell player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/player/alexander_mcdonnell.html – [30/07/2018].
- Alexander McDonnell player profile at chess-db.com: https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=8000000002 – [30/07/2018].
- Edward Winter: Alexander McDonnell. In chesshistory.com: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/mcdonnell.html – [30/07/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Alexander McDonnell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McDonnell – [30/07/2018].
Bibliography
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- Eales, Richard. (2002). Chess: The history of a game. Glasgow, Scotland: Hardinge Simpole Publishing.
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- Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lawson, Dominic (1993). The Inner Game. Macmillan.
- Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Walker, George (1850). Chess and Chess-Players. London: C. J. Skeet.
