Alphonse Goetz (aka A. Geoffroy-Dausay; 15 March 1865, in

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– 12 July 1934, in

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) was a French

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. Born in Strasbourg, France, he was a refugee after the

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and the annexation of Alsace–Lorraine to the German Empire. In 1890, he was first, followed by

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Stanislaus Sittenfeld Stanislaus Sittenfeld (11 July 1865 in Piotrków, Poland – 15 June 1902 in Davos, Switzerland) was a Polish–French chess master. Born in Congress Poland, he lived in Paris from 1884. He participated at the Café de la Régence championships ...

, etc., in Paris. In 1892, he won ahead of

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in Paris. In 1896, he took 2nd, behind Janowski, in Paris. Goetz was unofficial French Champion, winning at Lyon 1914. He published articles: ''Les échecs et la presse'' (1917), ''The Parallel Progress of Chess and Civilization'', in ''L’Eco degli Scacchi'' (1918), and books ''Cours d'échecs'' (1921), ''Cinema du Jeu des échecs'' (1922).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goetz, Alphonse 1865 births 1934 deaths French chess players