Eugène Rousseau (chess player)

He was the strongest chess player in New Orleans in the first half of the 1840s.

In 1845, Rousseau played a match against the Englishman Charles Stanley for the title of chess champion of the US, the first contest ever for that title.

Rousseau lost the match (+8 −15 =8) and Stanley became the first US Champion.

In 1850, Johann Löwenthal paid a visit to New Orleans, and beat Rousseau five games straight.

Rousseau beat Winawer with the black pieces in Paris in 1867:

Detail of the lithography Le Match Staunton – Saint-Amant by Alexandre Laemlein. [ 1 ] Rousseau is on the right. [ 2 ]