Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant

Pierre de Saint-Amant
Pierre Saint-Amant
Full namePierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
CountryFrance
Born(1800-09-12)12 September 1800
Monflanquin, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Died29 October 1872(1872-10-29) (aged 72)
French Algeria

Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (12 September 1800, Monflanquin – 29 October 1872) was a leading French chess master and an editor of the chess periodical Le Palamède. He is best known for losing a match against Howard Staunton in 1843 that is often considered to have been an unofficial match for the World Chess Championship.