Paul Journoud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Journoud

French chess player

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1821

Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1882

Profession: chess player

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Paul Journoud (January 1821, Lyon – December 1882, Paris) was a French chess master and editor. He was a member of the Café de la Régence chess club in Paris, and one of leading French masters in the 1850s/1860s.
Journoud lost all games to Paul Morphy, which all took place during his first visit in Paris in 1858, although won a consultation game against the American grandmaster playing together with Jules Arnous de Rivière.
He lost matches against de Rivière (+4 –9 =2) at Paris 1859, and Adolf Anderssen (+1 –3 =1) at Paris 1860.
Among others, he played an equal match with Alexander Petrov at Paris 1863.He was an editor of several chess periodicals: La Régence (1860), La Nouvelle Régence (1861–1864), Le Palamède Français (1864), and Le Sphinx (1865–1867).