Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French chess player
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Place of Birth: Monflanquin, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
- Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (12 September 1800 – 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.
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