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-oldest recorded game of chess
-Italian masters through history: Polerio, Busnardo and Greco
-Spanish maters through history: Damiano and Ruy Lopez
-Philipp Stamma
-Legal - first proffesion chess player and Philidor's teacher
-Englishmen Bowdler
-François André Philidor - probably the strongest player of his time
-La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell match in 1834
-other masters of 19th century: Sarrat, Captain Evans, Von der Lasa, Bilguer, Bledow, Saint Amant and Staunton