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Louis Charles Mahe de La Bourdonnais vs Daniel Wilson
Blindfold simul (1837), Paris FRA
French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation (C00)  ·  1-0

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Aug-24-05
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  nasmichael: Any details on this game, chess historians?
Aug-24-05  sneaky pete: From a blindfold simultaneous exhibition. First published by De La Bourdonnais in La Palemede, 1837. Year of play uncertain, not 1837, probably 1834. De La Bourdonnais left England in September, 1834, and didn't return until 1838. Possibly from the same event where he played La Bourdonnais vs NN, 1837.
Apr-14-14  Gottschalk: My database indicates Harry Slater Wilson.
Nov-22-14
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  jnpope: D. Wilson would appear to be correct. The following would lead one to think that the game was played in Paris and not London:

<Game played and won by M. de la Bourdonnais without seeing chess-board or men, with the white pieces, off Mr. D. Wilson, acting manager of the Paris Gas Company>

«source: Dublin Monitor, 1839.04.13, p2»

Jan-06-18  EddieB: Daniel Wilson (died in 1849) was the son of the founder of the Paris Gas Company and a British engineer who made a fortune with the Creusot foundry and the gas company.
Mar-18-23  stone free or die: It would be nice to find a game matching the Wilson mentioned here:

<Evans recalled that he learned chess when he was about 28 years old, corresponding to the period when he was lobbying for the post office appointment.

<"Having the advantage of frequent practice with Lieut. H. Wilson, R.N., who was a player of some reputation in his time,"> Evans <"made rapid progress in the game.">

Wilson, who had beaten de la Bourdonnais in the Frenchman's youth, at first conceded odds of a rook but

<"after a continuance of play for some years, the odds were greatly reduced, until ultimately Captain Evans succeeded in defeating his formidable antagonist playing even.">>

"Eminent Victorian Chess Players" - Harding p12 (slightly edited)

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