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Soldier at a Game of Chess (in French Soldat jouant aux échecs, or Le Soldat à la partie d'échecs, also referred to as Joueur d'échecs), [1] is a painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger. While serving as a medical orderly during World War I in Sainte-Menehould , France, Metzinger bore witness to the ravages of war firsthand.
La Dernière Heure (lit. ' The Latest Hour ') and Les Sports (lit. ' The Sports '), currently sold under the name La DH Les Sports+, is a French-language daily newspaper published in Brussels, Belgium. The paper is known for news and sports.
The French Chess Federation (French : Fédération Française des Echecs – FFE) is the national organization for chess in France. The president is Éloi Relange, the vice-presidents are Laurie Delorme and Jean-Baptiste Mullon and the treasurer is Éric Le Rol. The headquarters of the French Chess Federation is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near ...
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The first unofficial national tournament was played in 1880, in the Café de la Régence, where further edition were held in 1881 and 1883. The 1903 and 1914 tournaments were the first real predecessors of the official championship. They ran under the name Championnat de France des amateurs (Championship of the chess enthusiasts).
The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985. It is usually played in the second half of February with an accelerated Swiss-system format in nine rounds. It is organized by the chess club L'Echiquier Cappellois and is played in the Palais des Arts of Cappelle-la-Grande.
Philidor wrote an extremely successful chess book (Analyse du jeu des Échecs) and gave public demonstrations of his blindfold chess skills. [4] However, some of Philidor's contemporaries were not convinced by the analysis Philidor gave in his book (e.g. the Modenese Masters), and some more recent authors have echoed these doubts. [5] [6] [2]
Female chess players in the modern era generally compete in a mix of open and women's tournaments. With women representing a low fraction of all chess players throughout history, it has been uncommon for women to win open tournaments where women and men are mixed together, particularly at the higher levels.