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    the Café de la Régence ("Regency Café"). In 1852 the café moved temporarily to hôtel Dodun, 21 Rue de Richelieu. In 1854 the Café de la Régence moved...
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  • the Café de la Régence was the chess Mecca of the time, most of the strongest players of the 18th century, sooner or later, ended up at the Café and the...
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    who was considered the best chess player of his time. Moving to the Café de la Régence, the machine played many of the most skilled players, often losing...
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    Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais. He learned chess in 1814 and began to take the game seriously in 1818, regularly playing at the Café de la Régence. He took...
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    the chess scene in Café de la Régence, a meeting place of internationally renowned chess players. The reputation of Café de la Régence was such that no...
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    (PDF). Chess Cafe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008. G.W. (July–December 1840). "The Café de la Régence". Fraser's...
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    in Paris: 3rd in 1880, 2nd= in 1881, 2nd in 1882–3, and 3rd in the Café de la Régence tournament of 1896. Arnous-Rivière fared poorly in his casual games...
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  • The first unofficial national tournament was played in 1880, in the Café de la Régence, where further edition were held in 1881 and 1883. The 1903 and 1914...
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    both as a visitor and later as ambassador, he visited the famous Café de la Régence, which France's strongest players made their regular meeting place...
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    Schlumberger, who later became the operator of The Turk. He played at the Café de la Régence, where he was a student of Alexandre Deschapelles. For many years...
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    life in this period were coffee houses in big European cities like Café de la Régence in Paris and Simpson's Divan in London. As the 19th century progressed...
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    activity in this period were coffee houses in major European cities like Café de la Régence in Paris and Simpson's Divan in London. At the same time, the intellectual...
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    was a publisher and novelist. In 1839, Walker visited Paris and the Café de la Régence, where he lost (+1−2) a short match to Boncourt [1]. In 1845, he teamed...
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  • Amateurs" who were contemporaries of Philidor and all frequented the Café de la Régence in Paris. Of these, the strongest players were Bernard, Carlier, Leger...
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    Paris) was a French chess master and editor. He was a member of the Café de la Régence chess club in Paris, and one of leading French masters in the 1850s/1860s...
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    started playing regularly around 1740 at the chess Mecca of France, the Café de la Régence. It was also there that he famously played with a friend from New...
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    in England and overseas. From France, collections were made at the Café de la Régence, and from India, the Calcutta Chess Club contributed £100, and in...
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    have warranted his arrest. The recounted story takes place in the Café de la Régence, where Moi ("Me"), a narrator-like persona (often mistakenly supposed...
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    Chess Championship in 1883. At the Paris 1867 tournament held at the Café de la Régence, his first international tournament, Winawer finished in second place...
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    August 1844, Marx met the German socialist Friedrich Engels at the Café de la Régence, beginning a lifelong friendship. Engels showed Marx his recently...
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    match to Ignatz von Kolisch (+1−7=0) in Paris. Rosenthal won the Café de la Régence championship in 1865, 1866, and 1867 in Paris, and became the strongest...
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  • frequented the Café de la Régence. Here, he probably met Legall de Kermeur, Philidor's teacher, who played assiduously at the Café de la Régence almost until...
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    chess set, the St. George chess set, the French Regence chess set (named after the Café de la Régence in Paris), and the central European forms. The Staunton...
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    King David Hotel (redirect from La Régence)
    hotel includes four dining options: La Régence – fine dining King's Garden The Oriental Bar Poolside Snack Bar La Régence and King's Garden are run by executive...
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  • began to support himself by giving lessons in Chess at the Café de la Régence. At the Café, he was one of the leading players, but was known there only...
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    Friedrich Engels (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher. Engels met Marx for a second time at the Café de la Régence on the Place du Palais, on 28 August 1844. The two quickly became...
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    whom he met while watching games of chess and drinking coffee at the Café de la Régence. In 1743, he further alienated his father by marrying, in October...
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    gave chess lessons and played games for five francs an hour at the Café de la Régence in Paris. His strength was shown most favourably when giving substantial...
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  • and withdrew from political activity. He played chess at the famous Café de la Régence in Paris, where - among others - lost casual and formal matches to...
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  • neither joined. In 1844, Engels and Marx met a second time, at the Café de la Régence in Paris. This second meeting was the one which began their lifelong...
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