Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant

Pierre de Saint-Amant
Pierre Saint-Amant
Personal information
BornPierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
(1800-09-12)12 September 1800
Monflanquin, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Died29 October 1872(1872-10-29) (aged 72)
French Algeria
Chess career
CountryFrance

Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (12 September 1800, Monflanquin – 29 October 1872) was a leading French chess master and an editor of the chess periodical Le Palamède. He is best known for losing a match against Howard Staunton in 1843 that is often considered to have been an unofficial match for the World Chess Championship.

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