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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
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;
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;
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 ...
This is a list of chess organizations. Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE, which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments. [1] The first Official World Championship was held in 1886, and there has always been at least one world champion since then. [2]
Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort giving a simultaneous exhibition, 1997. A simultaneous exhibition or simultaneous display is a board game exhibition (commonly chess or Go) in which one player (typically of high rank, such as a grandmaster or dan-level player) plays multiple games at a time with a number of other players.
Other factors were taken into account, but have less influence; for example the quality of chess played, the closeness of the contest and the number of world top 10 or 'big reputation' players who took part, and the time control (no fast chess tournaments are listed).
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.