Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais

Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (born on 1795 - December 1840) was a French Chess Master.

 Life 
He was born on the island of la Réunion in the Indian Ocean in 1795. He learned chess in 1814 and began to take the game seriously in 1818 often playing at the Café de la RégenceThe Oxford Companion to Chess – David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld (1992) p. 56 He learned from Jacques François MouretLe Palamède edited by Saint-Amant (1847) p. 211

 Notable Games 

 Alexander McDonnell vs. Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, 16, London 1834, Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open (B32), 0–1 A game demonstrating the strength of pawns. Its end position is one of the most surprising in the history of chess.
 Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais vs. Alexander MacDonnell, 3, London 1834, Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation (D20), 1–0 La Bourdonnais punishes McDonnell's premature attack.

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