▁Leg er ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁Am ateurs ▁our ▁ch ess ▁Count ▁stood ▁upon ▁the ▁foot ing ▁of ▁int im acy ▁which ▁also ▁indicates ▁that ▁La ▁Société ▁des ▁Am ateurs ▁was ▁composed ▁of ▁other ▁players ▁beside ▁those ▁known . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁Tra ité ▁were ▁actually ▁played ▁by ▁the ▁am ateurs ▁and ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁them , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁players ▁gives ▁an ▁advantage ▁to ▁the ▁oppon ent . ▁Bernard , ▁Car lier , ▁Leg er ▁and ▁Verd oni ▁were ▁approximately ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁strength , ▁and ▁played ▁together ▁on ▁even ▁terms . ▁Con sequently , ▁the ▁games ▁" at ▁odd s " ▁should ▁have ▁been ▁played ▁with ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁La ▁Société ▁des ▁Am ateurs . ▁The ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁am ateurs , ▁however , ▁are ▁lost ▁and ▁cannot ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁documents ▁of ▁the ▁period . ▁Richard ▁Tw iss , ▁however , ▁reports ▁a ▁detail ▁which ▁can ▁help ▁in ▁detect ing ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁players . ▁In ▁ 1 7 8 3 ▁a ▁new ▁ch ess ▁club ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁Paris , ▁and ▁the ▁known ▁am ateurs ▁( t ogether ▁with ▁some ▁follow ers ) ▁moved ▁from ▁la ▁Rég ence ▁to ▁this ▁new ▁club . ▁Tw iss ▁reports ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁players ; ▁there ▁is ▁the ▁possibility ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁also ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁group ▁which ▁collabor ated ▁on ▁the ▁Tra ité . ▁The ▁only ▁player ▁among ▁those ▁mentioned ▁by ▁Tw iss ▁who ▁could ▁play ▁on ▁even ▁terms