CHESS PLAYER

Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant

1800 - 1872

Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant

Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (12 September 1800, Monflanquin – 29 October 1872) was a leading French chess master and an editor of the chess periodical Le Palamède. He is best known for losing a match against Howard Staunton in 1843 that is often considered to have been an unofficial match for the World Chess Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant is the 128th most popular chess player (down from 110th in 2019), the 4,247th most popular biography from France (down from 4,197th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant ranks 128 out of 461. Before him are Arturo Pomar, Fred Yates, Leonid Stein, Sonja Graf, Genrikh Kasparyan, and Tatiana Zatulovskaya. After him are Humpy Koneru, Boris Gelfand, András Adorján, Ernst Falkbeer, Miroslav Filip, and Wolfgang Unzicker.

Most Popular Chess Players in Wikipedia

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Arturo Pomar
1931 - 2016
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 122
Fred Yates
1884 - 1932
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 123
Leonid Stein
1934 - 1973
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 124
Sonja Graf
1908 - 1965
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 125
Genrikh Kasparyan
1910 - 1995
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 126
Tatiana Zatulovskaya
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 127
Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
1800 - 1872
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 128
Humpy Koneru
1987 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 129
Boris Gelfand
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 130
András Adorján
1950 - 2023
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 131
Ernst Falkbeer
1819 - 1885
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 132
Miroslav Filip
1928 - 2009
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 133
Wolfgang Unzicker
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 134

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant ranks 62. Before him are Sultan bin Ahmad, Sadeq Khan Zand, Mikhail Pogodin, Nat Turner, Kitsos Tzavelas, and Otto August Rosenberger. After him are Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia, John Phillips, Franz Unger, Sayed Morad Khan, Heinrich Göppert, and Osip Senkovsky. Among people deceased in 1872, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant ranks 58. Before him are Dimitrija Demeter, Franz Xaver Fieber, Michele Carafa, Hugo von Mohl, Andrej Sládkovič, and William Davies Evans. After him are Benjamin Briggs, Nikolaos Mantzaros, Bedros Tourian, Frederik Kaiser, John Frederick Kensett, and Nikolay Milyutin.

Others Born in 1800

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Sultan bin Ahmad
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1804
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 56
Sadeq Khan Zand
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1782
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 57
Mikhail Pogodin
HISTORIAN
1800 - 1875
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 58
Nat Turner
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1800 - 1831
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 59
Kitsos Tzavelas
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1865
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 60
Otto August Rosenberger
ASTRONOMER
1800 - 1890
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 61
Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
CHESS PLAYER
1800 - 1872
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 62
Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1868
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 63
John Phillips
GEOLOGIST
1800 - 1874
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 64
Franz Unger
BIOLOGIST
1800 - 1870
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 65
Sayed Morad Khan
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1789
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 66
Heinrich Göppert
BIOLOGIST
1800 - 1884
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 67
Osip Senkovsky
WRITER
1800 - 1858
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 68

Others Deceased in 1872

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Dimitrija Demeter
WRITER
1811 - 1872
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 52
Franz Xaver Fieber
BIOLOGIST
1807 - 1872
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 53
Michele Carafa
COMPOSER
1787 - 1872
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 54
Hugo von Mohl
BIOLOGIST
1805 - 1872
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 55
Andrej Sládkovič
WRITER
1820 - 1872
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 56
William Davies Evans
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1872
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 57
Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
CHESS PLAYER
1800 - 1872
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 58
Benjamin Briggs
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1835 - 1872
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 59
Nikolaos Mantzaros
COMPOSER
1795 - 1872
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 60
Bedros Tourian
WRITER
1851 - 1872
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 61
Frederik Kaiser
ASTRONOMER
1808 - 1872
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 62
John Frederick Kensett
PAINTER
1816 - 1872
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 63
Nikolay Milyutin
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1872
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 64

In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant ranks 4,247 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Déon (1919), Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798), J. R. D. Tata (1904), Régine Deforges (1935), Jean Stern (1875), and Guy Bourdin (1928). After him are Jacqueline Mazéas (1920), Georges Beaucourt (1912), Audrey Fleurot (1977), Jean-Marie Poiré (1945), Georges Balandier (1920), and Olivier de Serres (1539).

Others born in France

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Michel Déon
WRITER
1919 - 2016
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 4,241
Jacques Bernard Hombron
EXPLORER
1798 - 1852
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 4,242
J. R. D. Tata
BUSINESSPERSON
1904 - 1993
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 4,243
Régine Deforges
WRITER
1935 - 2014
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 4,244
Jean Stern
FENCER
1875 - 1962
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 4,245
Guy Bourdin
PHOTOGRAPHER
1928 - 1991
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 4,246
Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
CHESS PLAYER
1800 - 1872
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 4,247
Jacqueline Mazéas
ATHLETE
1920 - 2012
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 4,248
Georges Beaucourt
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 2002
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 4,249
Audrey Fleurot
ACTOR
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 4,250
Jean-Marie Poiré
FILM DIRECTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 4,251
Georges Balandier
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1920 - 2016
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 4,252
Olivier de Serres
WRITER
1539 - 1619
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 4,253