César Boutteville (24 June 1917 – 21 May 2015) was a French–Vietnamese

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master.

Biography & Career

The son of a French father and a Vietnamese mother, Cesar Boutteville was born in Thin-Hao (or Thịnh Hào), nowadays part of

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's urban district Dong Da. He moved with his family to France in 1929. After settling in

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, the young César continued his education in

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. He was a six-time winner of both the

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(1945, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, and 1967) and the

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(1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1961, and 1972). Boutteville represented France seven times in

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s from 1956 to 1968. 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 (

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won), shared 10th at Bordeaux, and tied for eighth at Le Havre 1966 (

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When he was over 90 years old, after a long break, he returned to play for the

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club.1 tháng 9 năm 2010 Thống kê giải đấu Boutteville tham dự vào tháng 8 năm 2010
/ref> He died in his home in Versailles on 21 May 2015.

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* * 1917 births 2015 deaths Vietnamese chess players French chess players Vietnamese people of French descent French people of Vietnamese descent Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent Vietnamese emigrants to France Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century French chess players 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-chess-bio-stub