Georges Renaud

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]

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


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