Wow, I had heard he was a chessplayer, but I didn't know he was good.
Napoleon's Bonaparte Chess
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jpoom2 wrote:
Wow, I had heard he was a chessplayer, but I didn't know he was good.
That was before you saw his second game 
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wow, he saw ahead.
Do you have the second game?
Here's the second game,
So what do you think about Napoleon I- what level of play do you think he had?
The automaton isn't the Russian czar Alexander I or the duke of Wellington?
pablo29sept wrote:
The automaton isn't the Russian czar Alexander I or the duke of Wellington?
http://www.chesscorner.com/games/fascinating/int11.htm
For those too lazy to click on the link (like me), the automaton was a box that played chess. It was not a robot- someone inside did the moves. It was also called The Turk.
Hope that answered your question.
‘Napoleon was a persistent but a very weak player. Three games purporting to be played by him are in existence. One of these (a Scotch Game) said to have been played in St Helena between Napoleon and Bertrand, and first printed in Capt. Kennedy’s Reminiscences in the Life of Aug. Fitzsnob (Waifs and Strays, 1862), is certainly fictitious. The second game, said to have been played with Mme von Rémusat, 29 March 1804, and a third game (I.L.N., 1844, 352), played against the Automaton in Vienna, are also of very doubtful authenticity.’ from H.J.R. Murray’s A History of Chess.
his level of play is hard to tell with such a strong first game but a weak second one
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Napoleon tore his Bonaparte at Waterloo!
Napoleon couldn't have been a very week player if his elo is 1809 he is a chess master
He was kind of good
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yusufdadkhah escribió:
Napoleon couldn't have been a very week player if his elo is 1809 he is a chess master
That's the year the match took place, [removed -- MS]. And no, 1809 elo doesn't quality as master either.
K-Kubrick wrote:
yusufdadkhah escribió:
Napoleon couldn't have been a very week player if his elo is 1809 he is a chess master
That's the year the match took place, [removed -- MS]. And no, 1809 elo doesn't quality as master either.
Congratulations, it took you less than 6 years to figure this out.
Unrelated fun fact: the topic's title is probably a google translate epic fail.
magipi wrote:
K-Kubrick wrote:
yusufdadkhah escribió:
Napoleon couldn't have been a very week player if his elo is 1809 he is a chess master
That's the year the match took place, [removed -- MS]. And no, 1809 elo doesn't quality as master either.
Congratulations, it took you less than 6 years to figure this out.
Unrelated fun fact: the topic's title is probably a google translate epic fail.
Have you perhaps missed that K-Kubrick joined in 2023?
magipi escribió:
K-Kubrick wrote:
yusufdadkhah escribió:
Napoleon couldn't have been a very week player if his elo is 1809 he is a chess master
That's the year the match took place, [removed -- MS]. And no, 1809 elo doesn't quality as master either.
Congratulations, it took you less than 6 years to figure this out.
Unrelated fun fact: the topic's title is probably a google translate epic fail.
Oh dear, you aren't very observant, aren't you?
For all of you that didn't know, Napleon Bonaparte was an avid chessplayer. However, sadly only three games are left that we know (think) are his. Here is one game when the Emperor of France demolishes his opponents (in chess!).