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Georges Renaud

Number of games in database: 36
Years covered: 1923 to 1946
Overall record: +15 -11 =10 (55.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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GEORGES RENAUD
(born Jan-08-1893, died Jul-28-1975, 82 years old) France

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Georges Renaud was born in Nancy. He was French Champion in 1923 and passed away in Peille in 1975.

Wikipedia article: Georges Renaud

Last updated: 2019-01-08 06:07:05

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Renaud vs NN  1-0121923Free gameB02 Alekhine's Defense
2. G Renaud vs NN  1-0141923Free gameA45 Queen's Pawn Game
3. G Renaud vs A Muffang  1-0411923French ChampionshipD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
4. G Renaud vs L Bertrand  1-0191923French ChampionshipA10 English
5. G Renaud vs E Michel  ½-½271923French ChampionshipD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
6. E Michel vs G Renaud  ½-½311923French ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
7. G Renaud vs H Bertrand  1-0351924French ChampionshipD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
8. K Sterk vs G Renaud  1-0301924Paris Unofficial OlympiadD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
9. G Renaud vs E Lancel  1-0301924Paris Unofficial OlympiadD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. G Renaud vs R Rey Ardid  ½-½521924Paris Unofficial OlympiadD66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
11. J O'Hanlon vs G Renaud 0-1221924Paris Unofficial OlympiadD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
12. G Renaud vs E Voellmy  0-1261924Paris Unofficial OlympiadA48 King's Indian
13. M Romi vs G Renaud  0-1211924Paris Unofficial OlympiadC11 French
14. G Renaud vs Koltanowski  ½-½141924Paris Unofficial OlympiadC41 Philidor Defense
15. G Renaud vs K Behting  1-0531924Paris Unofficial Olympiad final-BE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
16. Duchamp vs G Renaud  0-1311924French ChampionshipA12 English with b3
17. G Renaud vs L Bertrand  0-1361924French ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
18. A Muffang vs G Renaud  ½-½371924French ChampionshipD05 Queen's Pawn Game
19. A Cheron vs G Renaud  0-1261924French ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
20. G Renaud vs A Suren  ½-½321924French ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. F Lazard vs G Renaud  1-0291924French ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
22. G Renaud vs A Gaigneron de Marolles  1-0211924French ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. E Michel vs G Renaud  ½-½321924French ChampionshipC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
24. A Silbert vs G Renaud  1-0351925French ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
25. G Renaud vs R Gaudin  0-1271925French ChampionshipA52 Budapest Gambit
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Sep-03-05  Calli: Renaud won the first French National Championship in 1923. Alekhine, an onlooker at the tournament, came over and joked to his friend, "And now, Georges, there is only one more thing for you to do: that is, learn how to play!"
Sep-03-05  SBC: <Calli>

Then we can safely assume that game 8, J Liew vs G Renaud, 1986 and game 9, F Asman vs G Renaud, 1986 is a different G. Renaud?

Sep-03-05  Calli: Oui, différent Renauds.
Sep-04-05  SBC: <Calli>

It gets hard to tell the players sans un programme approprié.

Sep-04-05  Calli: The later G.Renaud's first name is unknown. He played for tiny Seychelles in the '86 Olympics, lost 12 games (1-1-12) and was never heard from again. The games are of such poor quality that I, for one, would not miss them if they were deleted. Of course deleting a game also played by Asman would bring roarin protest from most CG kibitzers. ;=o
Sep-04-05  SBC: <Calli>

<Of course deleting a game also played by Asman would bring roarin protest from most CG kibitzers>

I can only imagine!

Dec-14-07  MichAdams: That's some hairstyle: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
Dec-14-07  whiteshark: I thought the same yesterday :D
Feb-20-11  David2009: Georges Renaud co-authored 'L'art de faire mat' (The Art of Checkmate) with Victor Kahn. This is the book that names many of the classic mates (Anastasia mate, Arabian mate, epaulette mate, Legal mate, Boden mate, Morphy mate...) etc. I got it when I was fifteen and it absolutely transformed my understanding of chess. I would put it with 'Modern chess strategy' by Edward Lasker as the two all-time 'best buys' for beginners. 'Chess fundamentals' by Jose Raul Capablanca completes my personal best-buy triology, but this book is more not really suited to beginners. Capablanca leaves a lot of material as exercises for the reader and there is not the space for the answers.
Jan-21-16  zanzibar: Well, he does resemble <Sam Jaffe> a little.

http://movie-dude.co.uk/Sam%20Jaffe...

(Jaffe, btw, was utterly fantastic in Asphalt Jungle (1950), one of the best movies ever).

Oh, and remember kiddies:

... &lpar; = (

... &rpar; = )

when making your url's.

Jan-21-16  zanzibar: Here's an extensive bio on him (en francais):

http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/re...

(Well, more extensive than what <CG> has.)

Jan-22-16  zanzibar: Another excellent site (fr again), with great photos (including Renaud + Alekhine), and even a 1923 game with Bertrand:

<Here is an excerpt from a letter to Erwin Voellmy, editor of the "Swiss Review of Chess", after his victory.

<"You probably read in the newspapers that I came out winner of the championship of France. I did not expect this success and I had, in part, to the victory I achieved in my first game against L. Bertrand, the champion Lyon. But this victory is your work. I carefully read your -Vom Rochadeangriff- (the attack on castling) and I was particularly struck by your demonstration of conditions of possibility of the sacrifice of crazy h7. I even published (quote the reference of course) an article about it. Now here is my part against Bertrand played on July 12, 1923. "><<>>>

http://www.europe-echecs.com/art/ge...

Renaud scored an upset, since Muffang was favored to win the championship.

I'll try to get the <Renaud--Bertran (1923)> game, it is rather nice.

Sep-28-19  spingo: "...Berthelot, nephew of Charlemagne,
called him to play at chess. So long they played on a golden board with ivory chessmen that at the last debate arose between them, and Berthelot
called Renaud a foul name, and smote him on the visage so that his blood fell to the ground.

When Renaud saw himself thus outraged he was
right wroth and took the chessboard and smote
Berthelot on his head so hard that he fell down dead to the ground before him. Then went a cry
through the hall of the palace that Renaud had
slain Berthelot, and when the King heard it he
cried :

'Barons, keep guard that Renaud does not
escape, for if I can catch him he shall surely die, since he has slain my nephew.'

So the knights ran on him, but his kinsmen
defended him nobly, and there was a great fray that RENAUD that day in the palace of Paris, and Maugis made there much slaughter."

- RENAUD OF MONTAUBAN : FIRST
DONE INTO ENGLISH BY WILLIAM
CAXTON AND NOW ABRIDGED
AND RETRANSLATED BY ROBERT
STEELE

Feb-06-24  stone free or die: <Indeed, Georges Renaud (1893-1975) had an important column in “L'Eclaireur du Soir” in Nice. It provided abundant production each week which included studies, commented sections and highly appreciated technical articles.

Georges Renaud, after having completed brilliant studies, decided to become a journalist and his meeting with Victor Kahn in 1921 was decisive for his career as a player. He co-signed several works with the latter, including the most famous “The Art of Making Mat” in 1947, which saw numerous reissues.>

http://echecs.asso.fr/Actu.aspx?Ref... (fr)

* * * * *

<En effet, Georges Renaud (1893-1975) tenait une importante rubrique dans « L'Eclaireur du Soir » de Nice. Il fournissait une production abondante chaque semaine qui comprenait des études, des parties commentées et des articles techniques très appréciés.

Georges Renaud, après avoir fait de brillantes études, décida de devenir journaliste et sa rencontre avec Victor Kahn en 1921 fut décisive pour sa carrière de joueur. Il cosignera plusieurs ouvrages avec ce dernier dont le plus célèbre « L'art de faire mat » en 1947 qui connaîtra de nombreuses rééditions.>

Feb-06-24  stone free or die: From the front cover of the same is a nice portrait of him:

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

<L'Eclaireur du dimanch 1923-07-29 front cover>

Which is also used by the French Chess Heritage site (but not <CG> (yet) or wiki).

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