Jean-Louis Preti

Philippe Ambroise Durand playing chess with Jean-Louis Preti.

Jean-Louis Preti (1798 – 27 January 1881)[1] was a musician and chess writer, specializing in the chess endgame.[2][3]

Born in Mantua, Italy, Preti studied music and became a flutist. Involvement in a political conspiracy against Austria caused him to flee Italy in 1826.[2][3] Settling in Bordeaux, France, he was appointed first flutist at the city theater and developed an interest in chess.[3] After eighteen years in Bordeaux[2] he moved to Paris and ran an export business.[3]

In Paris in 1867 Preti founded the famous monthly chess magazine, La Stratégie, which he edited until 1875.[2][4] His son Numa Preti (27 February 1841, Bordeaux – 28 January 1908, Argentuil)[1] succeeded him as editor from 1875 to 1907. Henri Delaire (16 August 1860, Paris – 27 October 1941)[5] edited the magazine from 1907 until it stopped publishing in 1940.[2][3]

Preti's primary work in the endgame was Traité complet, théorique et pratique sur les fins de parties au jeu des échecs (Paris 1858).[3] He also coauthored three books with Philippe Ambroise Durand, including the two-volume Stratégie raisonné des fins de partie (1871–1873). These were the first books devoted to the practical endgame, and included concepts such as conjugate squares and the opposition.[2]:117

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References

  1. 1 2 Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 340, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2 ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 319, ISBN 0-19-280049-3
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Golombek, Harry, ed. (1977), "Préti, Jean", Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 247, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
  4. ↑ Golombek, Harry, ed. (1977), "'Strategie, La'", Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 310, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
  5. ↑ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 88, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6

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