Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800-1872) (sep 12, 1800 – oct 29, 1872)
Description:
leading French chess master and an editor of the chess periodical Le Palamède. He played at the Café de la Régence, where he was a student of Alexandre Deschapelles.
He is best known for losing a match against Howard Staunton in 1843
