The Most Famous
CHESS PLAYERS from Réunion
This page contains a list of the greatest Réunionese Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 461 Chess Players, 1 of which were born in Réunion. This makes Réunion the birth place of the 49th most number of Chess Players behind Egypt, and Iceland.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Réunionese Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Réunionese Chess Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1796 - 1840)
With an HPI of 63.86, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais is the most famous Réunionese Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 33 different languages on wikipedia.
Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1795 – December 1840) was a French chess master, possibly the strongest player in the early 19th century.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Réunionese chess players born between 1796 and 1796. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Réunionese chess players include Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais.
