César Boutteville (24 June 1917 – 21 May 2015) was a French chess 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 Hanoi's urban district Dong Da. He moved with his family to France in 1929.Boutteville After settling in Boulogne-sur-Mer, the young César continued his education in Roubaix.

He was a six-time winner of both the French Chess Championship (1945, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, and 1967)Champ Masculin and the Paris City Chess Championship (1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1961, and 1972).Champions de Paris

Boutteville represented France seven times in Chess Olympiads from 1956 to 1968.OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess 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 (Albéric O'Kelly de Galway won), shared 10th at Bordeaux, and tied for eighth at Le Havre 1966 (Bent Larsen won).Welcome to the Chessmetrics site

When he was over 90 years old, after a long break, he returned to play for the Le Chesnay club.1 tháng 9 năm 2010 Thống kê giải đấu Boutteville tham dự vào tháng 8 năm 2010

He died in his home in Versailles on 21 May 2015.

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