François Antoine de Legall (1702-1792) (4 sept. 1702 – 1 janv. 1792)
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A French chess player, and was possibly the world's best player from about 1730 to 1755.
Along with other famous players, he played in Paris's Café de la Régence. He taught chess to François-André Philidor.
Legall is the eponym of Legall's mate, a mating pattern found in his only extant game, Legall–Saint Brie, Paris, 1750.
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