Café de la Régence
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's masters included, but are not limited to:
- Paul Morphy
- François-André Danican Philidor (who often met with Benjamin Franklin)
- Alexandre Deschapelles
- Legall de Kermeur (Philidor's teacher)
- Jules Arnous de Rivière
- Adolf Anderssen
- Samuel Rosenthal
- Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
- Lionel Kieseritzky
- Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.