chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

88 DERIVATIVE GAMES
figurinesnaybe atlached, andeamcsandposirions
shown to a largc audicnce. Such boards are lo be
seen al many toumanenls ard matches. The lirsr
demonstration board, ioui Ieel (1 2n) square. was
designedbyriwtrNrnAr. in 1857aod used by him to
DERIVATM GAMDS. see (
DERID, 393, the Dclaycd Exchange Ruy L6pez
Deterred. Thc linc o.curred in the 51h gane oI a
natch playcd in Steenwijk between EUwr and H.
Krame.. 1940. and is also knowi as rhc Steenwijk
DFJSCHAPELLES. ALEXANDRE LOUIS
HoNoRE LEBREToN 0780 1E47). repuredly
thc stronge( plaler belween pHrLrDoRt death and
the tine oI BounDoNNArs. He
and he relucd ro meetthe leading French p1ayc6
on evcn ternsi bur il he ras nor demonstrably the
srrongesl player he was thc most colou.Iul.In 1794
vhen his school at Brienne, wbere Nipoleon had
sludicd. Nas disbanded he relurned 10 Paris to
dn@ver tha! bis arisrocralic family had emigrated.
He joined Napolcon s arny. *as letl lor dead al
thc siege of Maiu, foughr again a1 Fleurus. was
.apruredatBaylen- and takcn to cadiz lrom Nhere
he nade a clcvcr escape. lle lon his n8ht hand
(which caused hinr to be nicknaned Manchot).nd
was leli sith a sabre scar trom broN to chin.
Amo.g the nrst 10 bc awarded the Cross ol
Honour, he tore it off Nhen Napoleon crowled
He had a renarkable laciliiy lor games.'lhtee
months atterlearning the moves olPolishdraughts
he defealed lhc French championi pushing the cue
pilh thc stump ol his ngbt arn he played billiardsi
,n.l h.ho,sredrhrr hehadlearnedall hc nccdcdto
kno* .bout che$ in three days. For a time he
earned a living by playing cbess lor srakes at rhe
cArt DE LA naGENcE. This lean tine cane to anend
in 1812 when Mashal Ney 6ade him supcrintcndent
ot rhe tobacco monopoly at Strasbu.g, which
broughthim anincomeexeeditre40.000ir. ayear.
Following rhe baule olWaterloo heopposedlhe
i.vasion by oieanizing a band of padsans who
naned hi6 their gcncral. but afte. lhis briel
adventurc hewentbackto lhe CaI€ deh Regence,
once again seeking a liling tron chess. A naturat
playe., he despised book tnowledgc, a.dperhaps
becausehelackcditplayedonlyatodds, co.ceding
at least pawn and two noves againsr even bis
strongest opponents. Abour 1820 he took BouF
donnln ior a pupil The 1wo mea could hardly have
been more different: Deschapeles was delicale,
nritable, slighl, pale, abstenious, introverled. and
a slow playeri Bolrdonnais was hcarty. cheertul.
ruddy, andalasrplayer. InApr. 1821 Deschapelles
played a t.iangular contest, odceding paNn and
lwo to Bourdonnais and coc RANE, Nho plared
lelel belween themsclvcs. Deschapeues deleated
Cochrane (+6-l) but losr all seven s.nes ro
Bourdonnais. Coneding p.sn and move Dcschapclles
lost a short natch 10
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Ew's (- 1:2), and
challengcd by Cochrane to play elen but ro win
two-thirds oI rhe games, he losr $ar malch roo
A ycar or so Iater Deschapelles gave up chess
and rook io whist. rapidly beco6ing an expeft and
makingnoremoneylhan hccouldcvcrhavc madc
at chess. He was ahlc to live comfortably in a
pleasant villa with orchards. pheas.nts. and lhe
most complete nelon bedFhe sefled len
larietieFin Paris. (Card playe$ still rclcr to the
Deschapelles coup, thc lcad ol an unsupported
high honour card ro esrablish an entry in partner\
hand.) In the mid 1830s he renewed hn intffcst in
chess. Cnncedingpasn and t\lo he played against
sArM AMANT, dra$ing a matchin 1836 (+1=1 1).
Hewas a stickleron nat€rsol principk sni.h,
combincd Nilh his inPerious manncr and bad
tempe., lrequenrly led hnn inlo duels which he
happily iought lef.handed. Arrested tor being
inlolved in rhc insurecrlon oIllne 1832 he had
retained hk republica. belielFhe Nrot. a patheti.
lctterto rhe Kingsayinglhalhcwasiooold, too
indm, and innocenr anrvay. On his release he
found that rhc Mnrister ofthe Interior hadshoNn
hh letter around the Nhist club. cxposing him to
ridicule. Once. in lhe Cafi de IaRigence. aNaiter
sent 1o ask whether Deschapelles would play took
back a reply concerning tbe slakes, Tell bim my
rcligioo lorbids ne to plat lor noncy'i to shich
Deschapelles replied, Mine lorbids me io be
His last days were spent snring u.inlclligiblc
constiturions ior llaly. Spai.. Porlugal. and various
Soulh Ancrican republics. Bednddenfor$e
last 20 moDths of his lile he died of hydropsy.
requesting in his qill thar.o lcttcr should bc sent
announcing his deaih, no neNspapcn should srite
about hin, and that he should bave a paupe.'s
burial Saint-Amant said'The only say to be on
godd terns with hin rhout oeannes or flaltery
h tosee him seldon. never be under obligltion to
hitu, and to mainlain a dignifed rese(e.'
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