Napoleon Marache

Napoleon Marache
Full name	Napoleon Marache
Country	France  United States
Born	(1818-06-15)June 15, 1818 Meaux, France
Died	May 11, 1875(1875-05-11) (aged 56) New York, New York
Title	Master

Napoleon Marache (June 15, 1818 – May 11, 1875)^[1] was a chess player, problem composer, and journalist. He was born in France and moved to the United States at around 12 years of age. He learned the game of chess around 1844, and immediately became a devotee. He began composing chess problems and writing about chess the following year. In the mid-19th century, he was both one of America's first chess journalists and one of its leading players. In 1866, he published Marache's Manual of Chess, which was one of the country's first books on chess, and also one of its first books on backgammon. He is perhaps best known today for having lost a famous game to Paul Morphy.