| André Thiellement | |
| Country: | France |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
André Thiellement (6 May 1906 – 20 February 1976), was a French chess master, two times French Chess Championship winner (1962, 1963) and Chief Administrator of the Overseas Territories.
André Thiellement learned to play chess at the age of 17. From the 1930s to the 1960s he was one of the leading French chess players. In French Chess Championship André Thiellement won seven medals: 2 gold (1962, 1963), 2 silver (1931, 1952) and 3 bronze (1951, 1955, 1964). In 1952, he won French Team Chess Championship with the team of the Parisian club Caissa.[1] In 1968, André Thiellement won silver medal in Paris Chess Championship.
André Thiellement played for France in the Chess Olympiads:[2]
André Thiellement played for France in the Clare Benedict Chess Cups:[3]
André Thiellement was in the civil service. After graduating from École nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer he worked in administrative positions in French colonies. The pinnacle of his career is the position of Prefect Madagascar.