Edward Chamier
Edward Chamier (born September 3, 1840 in Weymouth (Dorset) , † August 12, 1892 in Paris ) was a French chess player .
Chamier's ancestors were Huguenots who emigrated to England after the Edict of Fontainebleau , but he himself lived in France for many years. In the 1870s and 1880s he was one of the best chess players in France, winning a tournament in the Café de la Régence in 1874 and the second French national tournament ( deuxième tournoi national ) in 1881 , a predecessor of the French championship . In 1884 he was part of the Paris committee during a correspondence chess competition between the cities of Paris and Vienna , but withdrew after internal quarrels. Chamier reached his highest historical rating of 2518 in August 1883. He was an employee of an insurance company.
Web links
- Biography on heritageechecsfra.free.fr (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edward Chamier's historical Elo numbers on chessmetrics.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chamier, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weymouth (Dorset) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1892 |
| Place of death | Paris |