Le Palamède
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Le Palamède was the first chess magazine . It was published in Paris between 1836 and 1847, with a long break .
It was founded and published by Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais , the world's best chess player at the time, and the writer Joseph Méry . The monthly was not a great success commercially, and its publication was suspended in 1839 (de La Bourdonnais died the following year). After a long break, the new top French player Pierre Saint-Amant decided to continue Le Palamède with the 1842 class. However, he gave up the editorial office when he stopped actively playing chess in 1847 and entered the diplomatic service . Then the chess magazine was finally discontinued.
The magazine was named after Palamedes , who, according to a (historically incorrect) legend , is said to have invented the game of chess. In addition to articles on chess, it also contained treatises on other games , including billiards , whist and checkers .
Le Palamède serves as one of the most important sources on the game of chess in the early 19th century.
Another chess magazine published by Paul Journoud from 1864 to 1865 was called Le Palamède français . However, she was not connected to the known predecessor.