Georges Renaud
Georges Renaud (born January 8, 1893 in Nancy , † July 28, 1975 in Peille ) was a French chess player .
Renaud, who worked as a journalist for L'Eclaireur de Nice , won the first French individual championship in 1923 and the tenth French correspondence chess championship in 1944/45 . Internationally, he represented France at the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris in 1924 and at the 1927 Chess Olympiad (the first official Chess Olympiad ) in London .
Together with Alan Campbell White he published Le Problème d'Echecs in 1924 , together with Victor Kahn he wrote the works de Les Echecs (1945), L'Art de Faire Mat (1947), Les Six Candidats au Championnat du Monde (1948), La Partie Espagnole (1949) and Les Echecs dans le Monde 1951 (1952).
Web links
- Biography on heritageechecsfra.free.fr (French)
- Re-playable chess games by Georges Renaud on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georges Renaud's results at unofficial Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Georges Renaud's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Renaud, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1975 |
| Place of death | Peille |