Alexandre Deschapelles | |
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Full name | Alexandre Louis Honoré Lebreton Deschapelles |
Country | France |
Born | Ville-d'Avray, France | March 7, 1780
Died | October 27, 1847 Paris, France | (aged 67)
Alexandre Deschapelles (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ deʃapɛl]; March 7, 1780 in Ville-d'Avray near Versailles – October 27, 1847 in Paris) was a French chess player who, between the death of François-André Danican Philidor and the rise of Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, was probably the strongest player in the world.