Dubois, S. – de Riviere, J.A. 1855




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Dubois, Serafino    2590 (36) 22.5/32 
de Rivière, Jules    2444 (40) 9.5/32 
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: Paris
Start date: 1855
End date: Sep. 1855
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper, Golombek and Di Felice give +22-8=3 for Dubois, as does the Schachzeitung of Jan. 1859 (p.30); Hooper and Whyld give about 2/3 of about 30 games; La Grande Storia degli Scacchi gives +21-3=8 for Dubois. Spinrad gives +21-8=3 for Dubois as well as citing the preceding results. Zavatarelli also gives +21-8=3 for Dubois. A letter from Dubois himself in the Era of 22 May 1864 (p.6) and the remeniscences of Dubois in Rivista scacchistica italiana (1900, pp.297-298) give +21-8=3 for Dubois. Feenstra Kuiper and Di Felice give date as 1856. Golombek and Hooper and Whyld give date as 1855. Staunton in the Illustrated London News (22 Sept. 1855, p.366) says that Dubois has won the match, and the Schachzeitung of Jan. 1859 (p.30) gives a game dated 5 Sep. 1855, so it must have ended in Sep. 1855.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 21
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 15
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 89
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 96
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 32
Periodicals
   [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1858, page 332
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 2, Feb. 1856, page 35
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1339, 22 May 1864, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 27, no. 762, 22 Sep. 1855, page 366
   [ILN], vol. 29, no. 820, 13 Sep. 1856, page 281
   [QCH], vol. 5, no. 18, 2017, page 434
   [RSI], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1900, page 297
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 1, Jan. 1859, page 30
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Serafino Dubois]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Serafino Dubois, Part One], page 5

Match information updated: 2 Oct. 2023