▁day , ▁the ▁second , ▁the ▁third , ▁and ▁beat ▁him ▁even - hand ed ▁on ▁the ▁fourth ; ▁since ▁which ▁time ▁I ▁have ▁never ▁advanced ▁or ▁re ced ed . ▁Ch ess ▁to ▁me ▁has ▁been , ▁and ▁is , ▁a ▁single ▁idea , ▁which , ▁once ▁acquired , ▁cannot ▁be ▁disp la ced ▁from ▁its ▁throne , ▁while ▁the ▁intellect ▁remains ▁un im pa ired ▁by ▁sick ness ▁or ▁age . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 8 3 , ▁he ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁master s ▁( the ▁others ▁were ▁Phil idor ▁and ▁Verd oni ), ▁who ▁played ▁and ▁won ▁against ▁The ▁Turk ▁during ▁the ▁Autom aton ' s ▁European ▁tour ▁in ▁Paris . ▁Although ▁( as ▁already ▁mentioned ) ▁only ▁one ▁game ▁of ▁Bernard ▁surv ives , ▁there ▁is ▁evidence ▁in ▁the ▁literature ▁that ▁his ▁play ▁was ▁more ▁brilliant ▁( which ▁means ▁more ▁incl ined ▁toward ▁tact ical ▁comp lications ) ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁am ateurs . ▁Bernard ▁and ▁Car lier ▁initi ated ▁Jacques ▁François ▁Mou ret ▁( a ▁great - ne p hew ▁of ▁Phil idor ) ▁in ▁the ▁game ; ▁Mou ret ▁later ▁become ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁French ▁players ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Car lier ▁ ▁While ▁some ▁sources ▁indicate ▁Bernard ▁was ▁the ▁strong est ▁player ▁between ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Phil idor ▁and ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁D esch ap elles , ▁others ▁prefer ▁Car lier : ▁M . ▁B oun court ▁est ▁contempor ain ▁de ▁Phil idor ; ▁il ▁n