Le Palamède
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Le Palamède was the world's first periodical devoted to the game of chess.[1][2] It was founded in France in 1836 by Louis-Charles Mahé de la Bourdonnais,[1][2][3] who is often considered to have been an unofficial world chess champion.[4][5] It ceased publication in 1839, but was revived in December 1841 by Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, who continued publishing it until the end of 1847.[6][7][8]
The magazine was named after Palamedes, the inventor of dice in Greek mythology.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-19-866164-9.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-827403-3.
- Philip W. Sergeant, A Century of British Chess, David McKay, 1934, p. 41.
- ISBN 0-486-24512-8.
- series of matches against Alexander McDonnellin 1834, "might fairly be entitled to call himself the leading player of the world". Sergeant, p. 39.
- ^ "In December 1841 Saint-Amant revived Le Palamède, a monthly chess magazine which ran until the end of 1847." Hooper & Whyld, p. 350.
- ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
- ISBN 0-19-827403-3.
External links
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