The chess games of Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon

Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon
Number of games in database: 3
Years covered: 1804 to 1825

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FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON MAUVILLON (born 1774, died 1851) Netherlands	[what is this?]
Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon was a Dutch army officer who played the first known correspondence chess games. He was stationed at The Hague and played 3 correspondence games with a friend in Breda, Netherlands. The correspondence games were played in 1804. He published his games in 1827. He most likely won two of the games and drew one.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. NN vs F von Mauvillon	0-1	30	1804	Casual	C23 Bishop's Opening
2. NN vs F von Mauvillon	1-0	47	1804	Casual	C20 King's Pawn Game
3. F von Mauvillon vs NN	1-0	45	1825	corr	C20 King's Pawn Game

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Jan-30-06		sneaky pete: Friedrich Wilhelm Von Mauvillon (1774-1851), probably the first postal player.

Jan-24-09		whiteshark: The earliest three correspondence games of which the full record survives were played in 1804 between two Dutch officers, <<Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon> (1774–1851)> stationed in The Hague and another, name unknown, stationed in Breda. Mauvillon published the games in a book "Anweisung zur Erlernung des Schachspiels" (Essen 1827) on pages 373-5. He did not say who was White or Black but there may be a presumption that he was the winner of all the games? Neither was a strong player. Source: MegaCorr4

Jan-24-09		whiteshark: [Event "Netherlands"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1804.??.??"] [White "Von Mauvillon, Friedrich Wilhelm"] [Black "NN unknown player"] [Result ""] click for larger view Position after the illegal queenside castling at Black's 19th in the second Mauvillon game. The following moves were apparently made by correrspondence. <20. h6 d5 21. Nd2 dxe4 22. Ngxe4 N4a5 23. Qf3 Qd3 24. c4 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Nxc4 26. Nc3 Rd3 27. Nxe5 N4xe5 28. Nb5 Rd5 29. Nxa7+ Nxa7 30. Ke2 Re8 31. Be3 Nc4 32. Rhc1 Nxe3 33. fxe3 Rxg5 34. Rab1 Re6 35. Rf1 f6 36. Rh1 Ra5 37. Ra1 f5 38. Kf3 g5 39. Rxa5 bxa5 40. Rh5 Rg6 41. e4 fxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Rxa6 43. Kf5 Rg6 44. Rxg5 Rxh6 45. Ke4 Ra6 46. Kd3 a4 47. Kc2 a3 48. Kb1 a2+ 49. Ka1> click for larger view (At this point, it appears that the players met one evening and concluded the game OTB without recording the moves. The sense seems to be that Mauvillon (actually the second player with the white pieces?) made many mistakes and stalemated his opponent: 'Als die Partie so weit gedichen war, kamen die Spieler zusammen, und endigten das Spiel an einen Abend, ohne weitrere Verzeichnung der Züge. M that mehrere Fehl-Züge, so, dass es G. gelang, die P zu schlagen, und remise zu machen, da er sonst augenscheinlich hatte verlieren müssen.') Source: MegaCorr4

Jan-24-09		Calli: An excellent writeup on Mauvillon here: http://www.amici.iccf.com/issues/is...

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