▁found ▁and ▁published ▁by ▁George ▁Walker . ▁Walker ▁took ▁p ains ▁to ▁report ▁for ▁poster ity ▁many ▁games ▁played ▁in ▁those ▁years , ▁and ▁another ▁Walker ▁( Green wood ) ▁trans cribed ▁the ▁games ▁of ▁the ▁La ▁Bour don na is ▁– ▁Mc D onn ell ▁ch ess ▁matches . ▁In ▁France ▁there ▁was ▁less ▁attention , ▁and ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁games ▁of ▁that ▁period ▁are ▁lost . ▁We ▁have ▁many ▁games ▁of ▁Verd oni ▁but ▁virt ually ▁none ▁of ▁Bernard , ▁Car lier ▁or ▁Leg er . ▁The ▁surv iving ▁Phil idor ▁games ▁date ▁to ▁the ▁period ▁when ▁the ▁French man ▁lived ▁in ▁London . ▁There ▁are ▁very ▁few ▁games ▁of ▁D esch ap elles , ▁and ▁nearly ▁all ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁played ▁against ▁English ▁players . ▁There ▁is ▁the ▁possibility ▁that ▁the ▁pres umed ▁domin ance ▁of ▁Verd oni ▁over ▁the ▁other ▁am ateurs ▁is ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁we ▁have ▁information ▁about ▁his ▁play ▁while ▁Bernard , ▁Car lier ▁and ▁Leg er ▁have ▁almost ▁fallen ▁into ▁ob liv ion . ▁ ▁The ▁other ▁Am ateurs ▁ ▁Bernard , ▁Car lier , ▁Leg er ▁and ▁Verd oni ▁were ▁not ▁the ▁only ▁am ateurs . ▁Walker ▁states ▁clearly ▁that ▁these ▁players ▁were ▁the ▁" ch ief ▁in ▁skill ", ▁but ▁not ▁the ▁only ▁members ▁of ▁La ▁Société ▁des ▁Am ateurs . ▁Additionally , ▁in ▁an ▁article ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Ch ess ▁Month ly ▁we ▁can ▁find ▁the ▁following ▁sentence : ▁With ▁Bernard , ▁Car lier , ▁Verd oni ,