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	Alexandre Louis Honoré Lebreton Deschapelles
		It's true that Deschapelles had a facility for games and excelled, not only at chess, but at billiards, Polish draughts, trictrac, and whist despite the fact that he had lost his right hand in a battle during his youth.
		Deschapelles, himself, was a revolutionary and received his wounds fighting for Napoleon but when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor, he turned against him and tore off the Cross of Honor (of which he received one of the first ever issued) he had received from the army.
		In 1815, after Waterloo, Deschapelles formed a band of partisans which named him their general.
	batgirl.atspace.com /Deschapelles.html (842 words)

	Chess, the Fickle Lover
		He was known for his bragging even more thanfor his chess.
		But, then again, an Englishman who was trying to set up a matchwith Deschapelles, returned to England disappointed with only this to say abouthim, "M.Deschapelles is the greatest billiards player in France.
		When his student, Louis laBourdonnais (1797-1840) could beat him, Deschapelles retired from chess.
	www.angelfire.com /games/SBChess/Morphy/fickle.html (723 words)

	Rook House - Champions - Louis-Charles Mahe de La Bourdonnais
		Bourdonnais defeated both his former mentor (Deschapelles) with 6 wins and 1 loss, and John Cochrane with 7 wins in a triangular chess contest outside of Paris in 1821.
		Unlike Deschapelles, who lorded over the Café de la Régence and played all comers, Bourdonnais actively sought out the strongest opponents during his reign from 1821-1840.
		Having already beaten Deschapelles and Cochrane, he traveled to London in 1823 and played William Lewis (winning 5-2-0) who himself had supplanted Jacob Henry Sarratt as the strongest player in England.
	www.rookhouse.com /champions/bourdonnais.html (459 words)

	Bill Wall's Chess Master Profiles - La Bourdonnais (August, 2003)
		In 1820 he took chess lessons from Alexandre Deschapelles (1780-1847).
		In 1821, at the age of 24, he defeated Alexandre Deschapelles with 6 wins and 1 loss, and John Cochrane with 7 wins in a triangular contest, held near Paris.
		La Bourdonnais was now perhaps the strongest chess player in the world, and he remained the strongest chess player in the world until his death, at the age of 43, in 1840.
	www.geocities.com /siliconvalley/lab/7378/bourd.htm (817 words)

	Deschapelles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		t was decided that Alexandre should start a military career, and so he was sent to the renowned military academy at Brienne.
		He reasons on immensity and eternity, on metaphysical necessity and trial by jury; he invokes the sun of Joshua and the star of the Magi; he investigates the electric affinities of the players, and illustrates a hand by analytical geometry.
		Alexandre corresponded with her and so brought himself into trouble, because it was surmised that he colluded with the Bourbons against the government of Louis Philippe of Orléans.
	chess-dictionary-chesmayne.net /Deschapelles.htm (2361 words)

	Deschapelles 1800 - 1821 - Kings of Chess - Chess History - World Chess Network
		Perhaps the greatest games-man in history, he was the strongest whist player in France and inventor of the Deschapelles Coup.
		In 1821 at St. Cloud near Paris, Deschapelles gave f-pawn and two moves in a series of games against John Cochrane and his student, the rapidly rising Louis de la Bourdonnais.
		Deschapelles gave up chess soon after the St. Cloud contest, preferring to make much larger sums playing whist.
	www.worldchessnetwork.com /English/chessHistory/salute/kings/deschapelles.php (335 words)

	The chess games of Guillaume Le Breton Deschapelles
		Perhaps the greatest games-man in history, he was the strongest whist player in France and inventor of the Deschapelles Coup.
		He fought in Napoleon’s army and was left for dead at the siege of Mainz, losing his right hand.
		In 1821 at St. Cloud near Paris, Deschapelles gave f-pawn and two moves in a series of games against John Cochrane and his student, the rapidly rising Louis de la Bourdonnais.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=79773 (372 words)

	Sak Pase Newsletter
		In May, Dr. Colette Vilgrain and sociologist Régine Alexandre traveled from Port au Prince to Deschapelles to test educational materials on infant nutrition with HAS health care workers and HIV positive mothers from the community.
		Alexandre asked the two HAS focus groups, nurses and mothers, to give feedback on the materials and make suggestions for revision.
		Sonny's trips to Deschapelles, often with Katie, to attend board meetings and perform gynecological surgery were marked by his warmth and generosity.
	www.hashaiti.org /sakpase3.htm (3299 words)

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		Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto (de)
		Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto (en)
		Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de la ReyniÃ¨re (fr)
	www.blinkbits.com /wikifeeds/AL?from=28200 (72 words)

	Morphy's Opponents: Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint Amant
		He was the Turk's last operator (previous operators during its European tour had been Allgaier in Germany, Alexandre and Mouret in France, Williams and Lewis in England).
		Surprisingly, he was to replace an young French woman who, for lack of chess players in America, was the operator when the Turk premiered on April 13, 1826 at the National Hotel, l12 Broadway, NY.
		At one time spoken of confidently as the successor to Deschapelles and De la Bourdonnais, St. Amant may still be styled the favourite of the Café de la Régence.
	sbchess.sinfree.net /Amant.html (1572 words)

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		Alexandre Pétion ruled the southern kingdom which was made up mostly of fair colored people who were born free.
		Civil war racks the country, which divides into the northern kingdom of Henri Christophe and the southern republic governed by Alexandre Pétion.
		Faced with a rebellion by his own army, Christophe commits suicide, paving the way for Jean-Pierre Boyer to reunify the country and become President of the entire republic in 1820.
	gbgm-umc.org /missionvolunteers/haiti/history.htm (7648 words)

	Edo Ratings - Explanation
		According to many sources, Cochrane then challenged Deschapelles to an even match (of an unspecified number of games) in which to win the stakes, Deschapelles had to win 2/3 of the games.
		If Deschapelles failed to get a 2/3 score in an even match, that in itself would indicate a rating difference of less than 120.
		For Alexandre L.H.L. Deschapelles, it may seem surprising that his career seems to start in 1821 and end in 1842, when it is widely known that he announced his retirement from chess when defeated by de la Bourdonnais in 1821.
	members.shaw.ca /edo1/Edo.explanation.html (12380 words)

	World Chess Champions@Everything2.com
		Defeated virtually every opponent that he could find, often with some sort of handicap.
		Alexandre Deschapelles (France; late 1790s-1821): Took up residence as master of the Café; not as clearly powerful as Philidor, but managed to defeat most oncomers with the Pawn and Two Moves handicap.
		Louis de la Bourdonnais (France; 1821-1840): Generally considered to be the best active player after his victories (13 wins, 1 loss) over Alexandre Deschapelles and John Cochrane in 1821.
	everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=615752 (2124 words)

	Bridge; Despite today's specialization, some bridge and chess champions do well at both games. - New York Times
		LEAD: A century and a half ago it was possible for one man, Alexandre Deschapelles of France, to be, in all likelihood, the best in the world at chess and also at whist, the ancestor to bridge.
		The intellectual games have become so specialized and time-consuming that this double accolade is no longer possible.
		A century and a half ago it was possible for one man, Alexandre Deschapelles of France, to be, in all likelihood, the best in the world at chess and also at whist, the ancestor to bridge.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1DB1739F93BA35754C0A96F948260 (439 words)

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