Louis Betbeder Matibet (29 August 1901 – 5 May 1986) was a French

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

master born in

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
(US) and French Chess Championship The French Chess Championship is the annual, national chess tournament of France. It was officially first played in 1923 after the formation of the ''Fédération Française des Echecs'' in 1921. The first unofficial national tournament was played i ...

s of 1928 and 1946. Betbeder represented France seven times in

Chess Olympiads The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

(1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, and 1936), and won an individual silver medal in the

5th Chess Olympiad The 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events desig ...

at Folkestone 1933.OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
/ref> He was awarded the

International Arbiter In chess tournaments, an arbiter is an official who oversees matches and ensures that the rules of chess are followed. International Arbiter ''International Arbiter'' is a title awarded by FIDE to individuals deemed capable of acting as arbiter ...

title in 1967.

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Louis Betbeder Matibet at 365Chess.com
1901 births Chess Olympiad competitors Chess arbiters 1986 deaths 20th-century French chess players 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-chess-bio-stub