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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
The Western actor played chess frequently on movie sets according to both biographers Ronald L. Davis and Herb Fagan. His onscreen characters play chess in the films McLintock! and 3 Godfathers. Roger Ebert recalls that on the set of Chisum, "we were playing a chess game, both of us bending over the board on an upended apple crate. Wayne ...
Pages in category "Chess in France" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Café de la Régence;
Email play has gradually declined in popularity due to issues such as email viruses, opponents' claims of not receiving moves, and similar impediments to the point email play has arguably been superseded by server-based correspondence chess, where usually the interface to a chess server is a web-based interface.
As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess ...
Pages in category "French chess players" The following 165 pages are in this category, out of 165 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Thal Abergel;
People on social media took photos of Wembanyama playing chess with people, and it wasn't hard to spot him considering his height. A small crowd gathered to watch him play against some local ...
The French Chess Championship is the annual, national chess tournament of France. It was officially first played in 1923 after the formation of the Fédération Française des Echecs in 1921. The first unofficial national tournament was played in 1880, in the Café de la Régence , where further edition were held in 1881 and 1883.