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César Boutteville
César Boutteville (24 June 1917 – 21 May 2015) was a French–Vietnamese chess master. Biography & CareerThe son of a French father and a Vietnamese mother, Cesar Boutteville was born in Thin-Hao (or Thịnh Hào), nowadays part of Hanoi's urban district Dong Da. He moved with his family to France in 1929.[2] After settling in Boulogne-sur-Mer, the young César continued his education in Roubaix. He was a six-time winner of both the French Chess Championship (1945, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, and 1967)[3] and the Paris City Chess Championship (1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1961, and 1972).[4] Boutteville represented France seven times in Chess Olympiads from 1956 to 1968.[5] He also played in friendly matches against Switzerland (1946), Australia (1946), Czechoslovakia (1947) and the Soviet Union (1954). He took third at Paris 1962/63 (Albéric O'Kelly de Galway won), shared 10th at Bordeaux, and tied for eighth at Le Havre 1966 (Bent Larsen won).[6] When he was over 90 years old, after a long break, he returned to play for the Le Chesnay club.[7] He died in his home in Versailles on 21 May 2015.[8] References
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