- André Muffang
André Muffang (25 July 1897, St. Brieuc – 1989) was a French chess master. [ [http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/muffang.htm Muffang ] ]
Before
World War I , he took 3rd, behindAlexander Alekhine andFrank Marshall , at Paris 1914 ("Quadrangular"); took 5th at Lyon 1914 (2nd French Amateur championship,Alphonse Goetz won); and won at Paris 1914 (Café de la Régence championship). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]After the war, he won at Paris 1922 ("Triangular"), took 2nd at Paris 1923 ("Quadrangular"), lost a mini match to Alekhine (0–2) at Paris 1923, tied for 2nd-5th at Margate 1923 (
Ernst Grünfeld won), and shared 4th at Strasbourg 1924. He was French Champion in 1931. [http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/interest.htm Le Championnat de France d'Echecs]Muffang represented France in
Chess Olympiads :
* In the 1st Olympiad at London 1927 (+3 –3 =9),
* In the 2nd Olympiad at The Hague 1928 (+9 –0 =7),
* In the 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935 (+4 –4 =9),
* In the 12th Olympiad at Moscow 1956 (+3 –5 =7).He won individual silver medal in The Hague. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]After
World War II , he played for France in friendly matches against Switzerland (1946), Czechoslovakia (1947), Soviet Union (1954), and Romania (1955). [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ]He was awarded the
International Master title in 1951. [ [http://www.chessmile.com/spip.php?article66 Liste des premiers titrés (chrono) - Chessmile ] ]References
External links
* http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=23973
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