Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais
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| Full name | Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais |
| Country |  France |
| Born | 1795 France |
| Died | 1840 (aged 44 or 45) |
| World Champion | 1821-1840 (Unofficial) |
Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1795–1840) was a French chess master, possibly the strongest player in the early 19th century.
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[edit] Early life
Born on the island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean in 1797, La Bourdonnais was forced to earn his living as a professional chess player after squandering his fortune on ill-advised land deals.
[edit] Unoffical World Chess Champion
La Bourdonnais was considered to be the unofficial World Chess Champion (there was no official title at the time) from 1821, when he became able to beat his chess teacher Alexandre Deschapelles, until his death in 1840. The most famous match series, indeed considered as the world championship, was the one against Alexander McDonnell in 1834.
[edit] Death
He died penniless in London in 1840, having been forced to sell all of his possessions, including his clothes, to satisfy his creditors. George Walker arranged to have him buried just a stone's throw away from his old rival Alexander McDonnell in London's Kensal Green Cemetery.[1][2]
He was the grandson of Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais.
[edit] Notable chess games
The end position of the game MacDonnell-La Bourdonnais, London 1834 after the Black move 37. ... e2.
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