Constant Ferdinand Burille

Constant Ferdinand Burille (born 30 August 1866 – died October 1914, Boston) was an American chess master.

[1] He was a Bostonian born in Paris (according to another source - born in Boston),[2] Burille was a member of a group of Boston chess players and theoreticians who formed a loose chess association they called the Mandarins of the Yellow Buttons.

[3] He took 15th at New York City 1889 (the 6th American Chess Congress won by Mikhail Chigorin and Max Weiss).

Young (13.5–1.5) in a match in 1888, and lost to Harry Nelson Pillsbury (3–7) in 1892 (Burille gave odds of pawn and move).

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