Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais

Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (born on 1795 - December 1840) was a French Chess Master.

Louis de La Bourdonnais
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The only known likeness of La Bourdonnais.
Full nameLouis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais
CountryFrance
Born1795
Réunion
DiedDecember 1840(1840-12-00) (aged 44–45)
London, Great Britain

Life

He was born on the island of la Réunion in the Indian Ocean in 1795. He learned chess in 1814 and began to take the game seriously in 1818 often playing at the Café de la Régence[1] He learned from Jacques François Mouret[2]

Notable Games

References

  1. The Oxford Companion to Chess – David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld (1992) p. 56
  2. Le Palamède edited by Saint-Amant (1847) p. 211