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 Maxime Chauvet
Né le 23 mars 1907 - Paris, 75056, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Décédé vers juillet 1997 - Cuernavaca, Mexique, à l'âge d'environ 90 ans
"... Among those taking refuge were a number of strong chess players who happily engaged in whatever domestic chess action there was, including, as time went on, organised matches against teams of British servicemen. Foremost among these refugee chessers was the already famous Dr Savielly Tartakower - he had been decorated in the First War (in which, incidentally his brother was killed) - albeit he was now known as Georges Cartier. It was said that his real name was difficult to pronounce.
One easier to say may have been that of Maxime Chauvet, mentioned in our earlier posts. Lieutenant Chauvet was a talented player (although by no means as strong as "Tarta") who briefly charmed the domestic chess scene, particularly in London. He appears to have arrived in 1941 serving in an Intelligence Corps with the Free French (the Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action) before he was called away in the summer of 1943. Here he is caught on camera, in uniform, at the Sidcup Congress in August 1942 in which he came 4th. ..."
Laurent Laloup le mercredi 05 février 2020 Contribution au livre ouvert de Maxime Chauvet Montrée dans le livre ouvert de 2 Savielly Tartakower alias Georges Cartier | |
