Chapais (chess player)
Chapais was a French chess player in the late 18th century.
Chapais's life dates are unknown. It is assumed that he was a merchant or trader. Because of his language skills, he was probably educated in many ways.
Herbert Bastian considers Chapais to be a pseudonym of the French mathematician Gaspard Monge based on written comparisons and other indications .
Around 1780 he wrote the chess manuscript Essais-analytiques sur les échecs , in which about 60 of his own positions should be published for the first time. The manuscript was not printed for reasons that were not clear. After Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa came into possession of the manuscript in 1855, according to the bibliography there, he used it for the first time in its fourth edition from 1864 for the manual of the game of chess .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jean Mennerat: Chapais' unrecognized manuscript . Paris 1990–1992, German translation printed on Harald E. Balló's website. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ↑ Harold van der Heijden : hhdbiv , October 2010
Works
- Chapais, Jean Mennerat , Harrie Grondijs , Rieneke van Zutphen: Essais-analytiques sur les échecs avec figures . RUEB, Rijswijk 2009.
literature
- Herbert Bastian: The secret passion of Gaspard Monge , in: SCHACH , 10/2017, pp. 32–43.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chapais |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century or 19th century |