Paul Journoud

Paul Journoud (January 1821, Lyon – December 1882, Paris) was a French chess master and editor.

He was a member of the Café de la Régence chess club in Paris, and one of leading French masters in the 1850s/1860s.

Journoud lost all games to Paul Morphy, which all took place during his first visit in Paris in 1858, although won a consultation game against the American grandmaster playing together with Jules Arnous de Rivière.

[1] Among others, he played an equal match with Alexander Petrov at Paris 1863.

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