Laroche, Adolphe
Ratings
Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
1843 |
12 |
2515 | (84) | 9 |
1844 |
15 |
2499 | (85) | 0 |
1845 |
18 |
2483 | (84) | 0 |
1846 |
22 |
2467 | (82) | 0 |
1847 |
19 |
2451 | (78) | 1 |
1848 |
19 |
2453 | (74) | 0 |
1849 |
25 |
2454 | (67) | 0 |
1850 |
25 |
2455 | (57) | 13 |
1851 |
30 |
2446 | (55) | 2 |
1852 |
25 |
2452 | (49) | 31 |
1853 |
16 |
2472 | (51) | 8 |
1854 |
13 |
2470 | (53) | 0 |
1855 |
14 |
2467 | (48) | 14 |
1856 |
13 |
2479 | (45) | 36 |
1857 |
21 |
2471 | (52) | 0 |
1858 |
27 |
2463 | (50) | 13 |
1859 |
26 |
2463 | (52) | 0 |
1860 |
28 |
2464 | (45) | 40 |
1861 |
34 |
2442 | (60) | 3 |
Rating table notes
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Biographical data |
Name: Laroche, Jean Adolphe |
Also known as: Laroche (de Bayonne); Delaroche; De La Roche; La Roche |
Born: 10 May 1811 |
Died: 25 Mar. 1866 |
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Notes: |
The name 'Laroche' appears as early as Apr. 1838 in Le Palamède (vol.3, p.58). His name also appears sometimes as 'Delaroche' (Le Palamède, Jan. 1838, v.2, p.483; Chess Player's Chronicle, 1843, v.4, p.290), 'De La Roche' (Chess Player's Chronicle, 1847, v.8, p.90) and 'La Roche' (e.g. Le Palamède, 2nd series, v.1, 1842, p.10). In 1845, he moved from Paris to Bayonne, and is often subsequently known as 'Laroche, de Bayonne'. His name is given as 'H. Laroche' by Di Felice, but Thimognier has discovered that his name was Jean Adolphe Laroche (or just Adolphe Laroche). His death was announced in Le Sphinx (v.2, 15 Apr. 1866, p.3) and Thimognier has found his exact birth and death dates. Not to be confused with 'le docteur Laroche' (almost certainly Pierre François Laroche - see Thimognier's web site, or CN 7253) who was an older player but active at the same time for many years. Both names appear in the subscription list to Kieseritzky's book 'Cinquante Parties...', and in lists of members and honorary members of the Paris chess circle (La Palamède, 1845, v.5, p.135; La Régence, 1849, v.1, p.164). |
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References |
Books |
Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 228 |
Edge, Exploits of Morphy, page 177 |
Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 38 |
Kieseritzky, Cinquante Parties, page 49 |
Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 65 |
Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 41 |
Periodicals |
[BLL], 14 Apr. 1839, page 4 |
[BLL], 15 Oct. 1843, page 2 |
[BLL], 14 Sep. 1845, page 2 |
[BLL], 7 Dec. 1845, page 3 |
[BLL], 11 Mar. 1849, page 8 |
[CPC], vol. 4, no. 10, Oct. 1843, page 290 |
[CPC], vol. 5, no. 12, Dec. 1844, page 399 |
[CPC], vol. 8, no. 12, 20 Mar. 1847, page 90 |
[DSZ], vol. 2, 1847, page 39 |
[MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 185 |
[NR], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1860, page 8 |
[NR], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 5 |
[Pal], vol. 2, no. 11, 15 Jan. 1838, page 483 |
[Pal], vol. 3, no. 2, 15 Apr. 1838, page 58 |
[Pal], vol. 1, no. 1, 15 Dec. 1841, page 10 |
[Pal], vol. 5, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1845, page 135 |
[Pal], vol. 5, no. 11, 15 Nov. 1845, page 524 |
[Pal], vol. 6, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1846, page 18 |
[QCH], vol. 5, no. 18, 2017, page 197 |
[Reg], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1849, page 45 |
[Reg], vol. 1, no. 6, June 1849, page 164 |
[Reg], vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 1850, page 99 |
[Reg], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1851, page 198 |
[Sph], vol. 2, no. 1, 15 Apr. 1866, page 3 |
[Sph], vol. 2, no. 1, 15 May 1866, page 3 |
[SZ], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1847, page 44 |
[SZ], vol. 5, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 349 |
[SZ], vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 45 |
[SZ], vol. 10, no. 2, Feb. 1855, page 73 |
Web |
Sarah. [Paul Morphy's Contenders] |
Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Chess Disputes], page 1 |
Spinrad, Jeremy P. [Collected results, 1836-1863] |
Thimognier, Dominique. [LAROCHE Jean Adolphe ('De Bayonne')] |
Winter, Edward. [CN 6693. Laroche] |
Winter, Edward. [CN 7253. Laroche] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Laroche, J.A. - Lecrivain, L.S. 1843 |
(f) |
6 | - | 3 |
Laroche, J.A. gave odds of pawn and move |
Laroche, J.A. - Stern, D.S. 1850 |
(f) |
6 | - | 3 |
Laroche, J.A. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
Schulten, J.W. - Laroche, J.A. 1850 |
(s) |
3 | - | 1 |
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Anderssen (offhand) - Laroche, J.A. 1851 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Laroche, J.A. 1852 |
(c) |
22 | - | 9 |
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Szen, J. - Laroche, J.A. 1853 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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Laroche, J.A. - Tassinari, G. 1853 |
(c) |
5 | - | 1 |
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de Riviere, J.A. - Laroche, J.A. 1855 |
(f) |
7 | - | 7 |
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de Riviere, J.A. - Laroche, J.A. 1856 |
(f) |
15.5 | - | 19.5 |
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Morphy, P.C. - Laroche, J.A. 1858 (1) |
(c) |
4.5 | - | 1.5 |
Morphy, P.C. gave odds of pawn and move |
Morphy, P.C. - Laroche, J.A. 1858 (2) |
(c) |
6 | - | 1 |
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Anderssen, K.E.A. - Laroche, J.A. 1860 |
(f) |
3 | - | 2 |
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Harrwitz, D. - Laroche, J.A. 1860 |
(c) |
3 | - | 0 |
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Kolisch, I. - Laroche, J.A. 1860 |
(c) |
4.5 | - | 1.5 |
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Laroche, J.A. - de Riviere, J.A. 1860 |
(c) |
9 | - | 9 |
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Laroche, J.A. - Schultz, G. 1860 |
(c) |
4 | - | 4 |
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Journoud, P. - Laroche, J.A. 1861 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Tournament data
Player information updated: 8 Dec. 2023 |
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