César Boutteville (24 June 1917 – 21 May 2015) was a French–Vietnamese chess master.
César Boutteville | |
|---|---|
| Country |  France |
| Born | 24 June 1917 Thin-Hao, French Indochina |
| Died | 21 May 2015 (aged 97) Versailles, France |
| Peak rating | 2290 (July 1971)[1] |
Biography & Career
editThe son of a French father and a Vietnamese mother, Cesar Boutteville was born in Thin-Hao (or Thịnh Hào), nowadays part of Hanoi's urban district Dong Da. He moved with his family to France in 1929.[2] After settling in Boulogne-sur-Mer, the young César continued his education in Roubaix.
He was a six-time winner of both the French Chess Championship (1945, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, and 1967)[3] and the Paris City Chess Championship (1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1961, and 1972).[4]
Boutteville represented France seven times in Chess Olympiads from 1956 to 1968.[5] He also played in friendly matches against Switzerland (1946), Australia (1946), Czechoslovakia (1947) and the Soviet Union (1954).
He took third at Paris 1962/63 (Albéric O'Kelly de Galway won), shared 10th at Bordeaux, and tied for eighth at Le Havre 1966 (Bent Larsen won).[6]
When he was over 90 years old, after a long break, he returned to play for the Le Chesnay club.[7]
He died in his home in Versailles on 21 May 2015.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Boutteville, Cesar". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
- ^ Boutteville
- ^ Champ Masculin
- ^ Champions de Paris
- ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived April 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1 tháng 9 năm 2010 Thống kê giải đấu Boutteville tham dự vào tháng 8 năm 2010
- ^ "Décès de César Boutteville". Ligue Île-De-France des échecs. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
External links
edit- César Boutteville rating card at FIDE
- Cesar Boutteville player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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