Le Palamède

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Le Palamède was the world's first periodical devoted to the game of chess. It was founded in France in 1836 by Louis-Charles Mahé de la Bourdonnais, who is often considered to have been an unofficial world chess champion. 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.

The magazine was named after Palamedes, the inventor of dice in Greek mythology.

References

References

  1. [[David Hooper (chess player). David Hooper]] and [[Kenneth Whyld]], ''[[The Oxford Companion to Chess]]'' (2d ed. 1992), p. 56. {{ISBN. 0-19-866164-9.
  2. [[H. J. R. Murray]], ''A History of Chess'', Oxford University Press, 1913, p. 886. {{ISBN. 0-19-827403-3.
  3. [[Philip W. Sergeant]], ''A Century of British Chess'', David McKay, 1934, p. 41.
  4. "After [[François-André Danican Philidor. Philidor]] chess supremacy remained in the hands of the French for a long time. Philidor was succeeded by [[Alexandre Deschapelles. Deschapelles]] ... . And Deschapelles was followed by his pupil Labourdonnais." [[Reuben Fine]], ''The World's Great Chess Games'', Dover Publications, 1976, p. 7. {{ISBN. 0-486-24512-8.
  5. Sergeant wrote that la Bourdonnais, after winning a famous [[La Bourdonnais - McDonnell chess matches. series of matches]] against [[Alexander McDonnell (chess player). Alexander McDonnell]] in 1834, "might fairly be entitled to call himself the leading player of the world". Sergeant, p. 39.
  6. "In December 1841 Saint-Amant revived ''Le Palamède'', a monthly chess magazine which ran until the end of 1847." Hooper & Whyld, p. 350.
  7. "From 1841-1847 Saint-Amant edited ''Le Palamède'', in conjunction with Mèry. The paper had lapsed following the death of La Bourdonnais." [[Anne Sunnucks]], ''The Encyclopaedia of Chess'', St. Martin's Press, 1970, p. 419. La Bourdonnais died on December 13, 1840. [[Jeremy Gaige]], ''Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography'', McFarland & Company, 1987, p. 236. {{ISBN. 0-7864-2353-6.
  8. According to [[H. J. R. Murray]], the magazine was "abandoned in 1839; a second series was started in 1842 and in its turn came to an end in 1847". H. J. R. Murray, ''A History of Chess'', Oxford University Press, 1913, p. 886. {{ISBN. 0-19-827403-3.

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