César Boutteville

César Boutteville was a French–Vietnamese chess master.

Biography & Career

The son of a French father and a Vietnamese mother, Cesar Boutteville was born in Thin-Hao, nowadays part of Hanoi's urban district Dong Da. He moved with his family to France in 1929. 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 and the Paris City Chess Championship.
Boutteville represented France seven times in Chess Olympiads from 1956 to 1968. He also played in friendly matches against Switzerland, Australia, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union.
He took third at Paris 1962/63, shared 10th at Bordeaux, and tied for eighth at Le Havre 1966.
When he was over 90 years old, after a long break, he returned to play for the Le Chesnay club.
He died in his home in Versailles on 21 May 2015.