Riviere Jules Arnous De May (11.09.1905)
Leading French player of the 1850s and 60s, of almost Grandmaster strength. His father was French, and his mother was English.
He played in the Paris International Tournament in 1867, taking sixth place, well behind the world’s leaders but ahead of Rosenthal. Riviere also played in a few minor tournaments in Paris. In 1855, he was defeated by Dubois in a long series of games; also played many offhand games with Morphy (+6=2-18) in 1858, 1859 and 1863; in 1860, he won against Barnes (+5-2); in 1867, he beat Lowenthal (+2); and in 1883, he narrowly lost a match against Chigorin (+4=1-5).
Riviere edited several chess columns, published books on billiards and roulette, and invented many new games including one with two-colored dominoes.