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Friday, March 19, 2004

France - Deschapelles

Chess History With Sarah Beth

"After the death of Philidor in 1795 there was a period of silence in the chess world. In 1775 four men had gotten together and wrote a book caled Traite Theorique et Pratique du Jeu des echecs par une Societe d' Amateurs or simply Traite des Amateurs. It wasn't a great book but it did earn a certain amount of popularity, enough to have been reprinted several times and translated into German. These four men were Verdoni, Bernard, Carlier and Leger. Although they didn't even approach Philidor's level, they were considered the best in the world in the years following his death. Verdoni, in fact, replaced Philidor at Parsloe's in London until he also died in 1804. Bernard and Carlier led the crowd at the Cafe de la Regence in Paris. "
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