Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800-1872)
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GENERAL INFO
Description: Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant was a leading French chess master and editor of the chess magazine Le Palamède. In 1840 he was considered the best European chess player of the time. He is known for losing a game against Howard Staunton in 1843. | |
Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player. |
Place of Birth / Death: France / Algeria |
Country Tags: France. |
Centuries: XIX. | Title: – |
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IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Ajedrez de ataque: Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant: Una vida de película: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%20Articulos/00%20Otros%20articulos/Saint_Amant/Ajedrez.htm – [30/07/2018]
- Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant at chessmaniac.com: http://www.chessmaniac.com/pierre-charles-fournier-de-saint-amant/ – [30/07/2018].
- Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant at Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/article/view/saint-amant – [30/07/2018].
- Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant at edochess.com: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Amant.html – [30/07/2018].
- Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10313 – [30/07/2018].
- Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant player profile at chess-db.com: https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=8000000008 – [30/07/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Charles_Fournier_de_Saint-Amant – [30/07/2018].
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- Eales, Richard. (2002). Chess: The history of a game. Glasgow, Scotland: Hardinge Simpole Publishing.
- Elo, Arpad E. (2008). The rating of chess players, Past and Present. New York: Ishi Press.
- 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.