Alexander McDonnell (1798–1835), sometimes spelled MacDonnell, was an Irish chess master, who contested a series of six matches with the world's leading...

Alexander McDonnell may refer to: Alexander McDonnell (chess player) (1798–1835), Irish chess master Alexander McDonnell (engineer) (1829–1904), locomotive...

In 1834, chess masters Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais of France and Alexander McDonnell of Ireland played a series of chess matches. These matches...

comparing the greatest chess players in history. There is agreement on a statistical system to rate the strengths of current players, called the Elo system...

Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim (1935–2021), British peer from Northern Ireland Alexander McDonnell (chess player) (1798–1835), Irish chess master...

play, the strongest players from France and England respectively were recognised as Louis de la Bourdonnais and Alexander McDonnell. La Bourdonnais visited...

of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls...

chess teacher Alexandre Deschapelles — until his death in 1840. The most famous match series in that time was the series against Alexander McDonnell in...

to have reached its peak with Alexander McDonnell and Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, the two dominant chess players of the 1830s.[citation needed]...

for chess strategy, and later Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais who won a famous series of matches with the Irish master Alexander McDonnell in 1834...