Tags: Chess Player.

Philipp Stamma (c. 1705 – c. 1755) a native of Aleppo Ottoman Syria later resident of England and France was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess. His reputation rests largely on his authorship of the early chess book Essai sur le jeu des echecs published 1737 in France (English translation: The Noble Game Of Chess 1745).

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birth date
1705-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Ottoman Empire, Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, Aleppo Eyalet
death date
1755-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
London

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