Additional Games
- Chessgames
- Game, Louis Russell Chauvenet vs. Steele, Correspondence Chess, 1940.
- Game, Louis Russell Chauvenet vs. Nestor Hernandez, Southern Chess Championship, 1941.
- Game, Louis Russell Chauvenet vs. Ernest Malcolm Knapp, Virginia State Championship, September 07, 1942.
- Game, William R. Triplett vs. Louis Russell Chauvenet, Virginia State Championship, 1947.
- Game, Louis Russell Chauvenet vs. Charles D. Mott, Round 1, Divan Championship, 1950.
- Game, Louis Russell Chauvenet vs. Martin C. Stark, Navcom-Divan match, 1950.
- Game, Louis Russell Chauvenet vs. Kazys Merkis, Chess Review Postal Tournament, 1957-1958.
Louis Russell Chauvenet
February 12, 1920 - June 24, 2003
First, Middle and Last Name: Louis Russell Chauvenet |
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Date of Birth: February 12, 1920 |
Date of Death: June 24, 2003 |
Name of Father: Louis Frances Chauvanet (1895-1970) |
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Name of Mother: Carolyn E. (Adelberg) (1894-1977) |
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Birth: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, |
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Education: Belmont High School in Belmont, Mass.; Bachelor of arts degree in biology and a master's degree in chemistry; Harvard University, Boston College and the University of Virginia |
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Military Enlistment: July 01 1941, Esmont, Albemarle, Virginia |
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Occupation(s): Computer field as a civilian employee of the U.S. Defense Department from 1948 until his retirement. |
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Residence(s): (1930) Scottsville, Albemarle, Virginia; (1970) Silver Spring, Maryland; (2003) (d.) Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina; (burial) Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia |
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Spouse(s): Sarah Jane (Barrett) married 1944, (1918-2001) |
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Siblings: Adele Lucy Hanifan (born Chauvanet); Caroline Louise Conley (born Chauvanet); William Regis Chauvanet; Joy Roberta Marie Hopkins (born Chauvanet) |
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Children: Allen |
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Other: “Lifetime member of the U.S. Chess Federation and was the 1959 U.S. Amateur Champion. He won numerous other chess honors and awards and was the several-time champion of Virginia, two-time champion of Maryland and also won the Southern Championship, Delaware Championship and Washington, D.C., Championship. He was the highest-rated deaf player in the U.S. and won the U.S. Deaf Championship every time he entered it, never losing a game in the tournament. He represented the U.S. in the world deaf team and individual competition and was twice the runner-up in the world individual tournament.” “Ancestors included William Bradford (Governor of Plymouth Plantation) and William Chauvenet (the leading American mathematician of the mid-19th century and a founder of the U.S. Naval Academy).” —Excerpts via Winston-Salem Journal, June 26, 2003 |
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Chauvenet, Louis Russell
bio + additional games
February 12, 1920 - June 24, 2003
