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 (French)
  2. ↑ http://www.olimpbase.org/1924x/1924id01.html
  3. ↑ http://www.olimpbase.org/1927/1927fra.html
  4. ↑ http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/renaud.htm


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