Historical dream account · French · original text
The chess problem resolves during sleep
Léon d’Hervey de Saint-Denys
Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger; observations pratiques (1867) · Part III-V; printed pages 340; normalized source paragraphs 16; Wikisource revision 5569494
Dreamer identified by the source: Anonymous chess-playing acquaintance of Léon d’Hervey de Saint-Denys
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Avant de se coucher et de s’endormir, il s’était inutilement efforcé de résoudre un problème difficile, un mat en six coups dans des conditions exceptionnelles. Il rêve que l’échiquier est toujours devant ses yeux ; il revoit chaque pièce à son poste ; il continue d’étudier : mais cette fois la solution cherchée lui apparaît avec une lucidité merveilleuse. La partie marche et s’achève ; il a vu successivement et très nettement la physionomie de l’échiquier après chaque mouvement ou chaque prise. Il se réveille fort étonné, ayant encore si bien présente à l’esprit la dernière combinaison qu’il ne résiste pas au désir d’en vérifier immédiatement la justesse. Il se lève donc, il dispose l’échiquier, remonte dans ses souvenirs et constate l’exactitude du résultat.
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A historical recorded dream in the original French. Descriptive English title is an editorial navigation label, not a translation of the account. Any author interpretation or speculation is preserved as historical commentary, not as a modern scientific finding. This is not a modern Synastry community submission.
Léon d’Hervey de Saint-Denys, Les Rêves et les moyens de les diriger; observations pratiques (Paris: Amyot,1867), part III-V, pp.340. Original French, Wikisource transcription revision 5569494. Dream reported by Anonymous chess-playing acquaintance of Léon d’Hervey de Saint-Denys; source recorder is Hervey de Saint-Denys.
Exact dream date is not established; 1867 is the publication year of the selected original French edition.
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Part III-V; printed pages 340; normalized source paragraphs 16; Wikisource revision 5569494
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