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Michel Roethel

Number of games in database: 3
Years covered: 1953 to 1957


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MICHEL ROETHEL
(born Jun-19-1926, died Nov-10-2010, 84 years old) France

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Last updated: 2025-04-09 08:58:56

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Tartakower vs M Roethel  1-0311953FRA-ch 28thA45 Queen's Pawn Game
2. M Roethel vs D Galula  ½-½161954Paris-ch 28thD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
3. M Roethel vs J Ratner  1-0271957Paris-ch 31thA20 English
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Apr-09-25
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  Stonehenge: <I'm writing this because I just found out that my favorite bookseller in the world, Michel Roethel, is dead. He was mysterious and his bookstore obscure. It was on the Rue Lagrange in Paris. It sold the works of only one author. And its proprietor didn't like selling books at all: M. Roethel always seemed unhappy when a book managed to leave his shop.>

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article...

Apr-09-25  stone free or die: Truly a delightful post in <Stonehene>'s link, thanks for posting it.

Curious though, I couldn't find the name of the author - though the date is June 2011.

Here is a paragraph or two with mention of chess -

<I closed the book and was expressing thanks when he extended a chair and said, chess? It seemed impolite to refuse. He beat me without effort, then did so again. After the third quick defeat he looked up. I'll let you, he said, take your purchase with you. But you must come back.

I did come back. Many times. We'd talk about Captain Grant, about the subcontinental origins of Captain Nemo (aka Prince Dakkar), about the grand adventures of Michael Strogoff. We'd play chess. He'd win. (I later learned that M. Roethel was a FIDE-ranked player with a Morphy number of 3.) The books smelled of must and dust and leather, M. Roethel of citrus and old wool. I was happy there. I never bought a second book. What pleasure in removing a child from its cradle?>

An article in a book review section mentioning Morphy number?!

Apr-09-25  stone free or die: This blog post has pictures of both his store front, and of the man himself:

https://jules-verne-news.blogspot.c... (fr)

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Apr-09-25  stone free or die: <Actualisation : la Librairie Jules Verne a malheureusement disparu depuis 2017.>
Apr-10-25  stone free or die: It appears that his widow has kept the store going, moving it to a new location:

https://www.librairiejulesverne.com/

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