CAFé DE LA RéGENCE

'Café de la Régence' in Paris was an important European centre of chess in 18th and 19th centuries. All important chess masters of the time played there.
Cafe masters included, but are not limited to:

★ Paul Morphy

★ Benjamin Franklin

★ François-André Danican Philidor (who often met with Franklin)

★ Legall de Kermeur (Philidor's teacher)

★ Adolf Anderssen
Courtesy of David Shenk's The Immortal Game: A History of Chess

Contents

Biography

Biography

★ Metzner, Paul: Crescendo of the Virtuoso, 1998. [1]

★ Ken Whyld: ''Chess Christmas''. Moravian Chess, Olomouc 2006. ISBN 80-7189-559-8. S. 311 - 321