Georges Renaud Explained

Georges Renaud (8 January 1893, Nancy – 28 July 1975, Peille) was a French chess master, theoretician and organizer.

He won the first French Chess Championship at Paris 1923.[1] He represented France in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924,[2] and in the 1st Chess Olympiad at London 1927.[3]

He is an author of "Le problème d'échecs" (1924) – jointly with Alain Campbell White, "Les échecs" (1945) – jointly with Victor Kahn, "L'art de faire mat" (1947), "Les six candidats au championnat du monde" (1948) "La partie espagnole" (1949), "Les échecs dans la monde 1951" (1952).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Championnats de France.
  2. Web site: OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad, Paris 1924, individual results. www.olimpbase.org.
  3. Web site: OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, France. www.olimpbase.org.
  4. Web site: Renaud. heritageechecsfra.free.fr.