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Count Jean De Villeneuve Esclapon

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Дата народження:
18.01.1860
Дата смерті:
24.11.1943
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Шахіст
Громадянство:
 француз
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Count Jean De Villeneuve Esclapon (France, 18.01.1860 - 24.11.1943)

Chessplayer and Chess composer of 50 problems and 130 endgame studies.

More information about him on the French website Heritage des Echecs and on Chesscomposers.blogspot.

Other links to information (in French) on problemiste.fr

Composer and Provencal player. Editor of the publication "L'Échiquier Francais" for three years

He was interested in composition at his maturity and came to create about 50 problems and 130 studies

Count De Villeneuve Esclapon was descended from Admiral Villeneuve, the unfortunate adversary of Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Source: Website ARVES by Peter Boll

About his endgame studies: 

One of his chess studies became very famous. This chess study received a 1st prize in the chess magazine: Schweizerische Schachzeitung in 1923. In the final position, a white bishop and king holds a draw against a black king, black rook and black knight (positional draw).

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