Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais

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Louis de La Bourdonnais
Full name	Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais
Country	France
Born	1795 France
Died	1840 (aged 44 or 45)
World Champion	1821-1840 (Unofficial)

Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1795 - 1840) was a French chess master, possibly the strongest player in the early 19th century.

De La Bourdonnais was considered to be the unofficial world champion (there was no official title at the time) from 1821, when he became able to beat his chess teacher Alexandre Deschapelles, until his death in 1840. The most famous match series, indeed considered as the world championship, was the one against Alexander McDonnell in 1834. The match is covered in detail in the McDonnell page.

He was the grandson of Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais.

[edit] Notable chess games

The end position of the game MacDonnell-La Bourdonnais, London 1834 after the Black move 37. ... e2. Alexander MacDonnell vs Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, 16, London 1834, Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open (B32), 0-1 A game demonstrating the strength of pawns. Its end position is one of the most surprising in the history of chess. Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais vs Alexander MacDonnell, 3, London 1834, Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation (D20), 1-0 La Bourdonnais punishes MacDonnell's too early attack. [edit] See also World Chess Championship [edit] References World chess champions by Edward G. Winter, editor. 19981 ISBN 0-08-024094-1 [edit] External links Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais at ChessGames.com  This French biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.  This biographical article related to chess is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.