Hyacinth R. Agnel
- Birth Date:
- 25.11.1799
- Death date:
- 10.02.1871
- Length of life:
- 71
- Days since birth:
- 82436
- Years since birth:
- 225
- Days since death:
- 56426
- Years since death:
- 154
- Categories:
- Chess player
- Nationality:
- american
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Hyacinth R. Agnel (25-11-1799 - 10-02-1871) American chess composer of chess problems
Hyacinth R. Agnel was a professor (taught French) and army colonel at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a chess problematist. In 1845, he founded the first chess club at West Point.
He was the author of the popular 1848 chess book, "Chess for Winter Evenings", for which he did his own engravings.
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