The Café de la Régence in Paris was an important European centre of chess in the 18th and 19th centuries. All important chess masters of the time played there.
The Café' masters include, but are not limited to:
- Paul Morphy
- François-André Danican Philidor (who often met with Ben Franklin)
- Legall de Kermeur (Philidor's teacher)
- Jules Arnous de Rivière
- Adolf Anderssen
- Samuel Rosenthal
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Additional Information
- Karl Marx met Frederich Engels at this café
- The great tournament of Paris 1867, won by Ignatz von Kolisch above Szymon Winawer and Wilhelm Steinitz, was played there.
See also
- French Regence chess set
Biography
- Metzner, Paul: Crescendo of the Virtuoso, 1998. [1]
- Ken Whyld: Chess Christmas. Moravian Chess, Olomouc 2006. ISBN 80-7189-559-8. S. 311 - 321
References
- Shenk, David (2006), The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-51010-1
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