Jenay, Eduard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  23  2458 (57) 75
1847  20  2447 (64) 0
1848  21  2436 (67) 0
1849  29  2425 (66) 0
1850  31  2414 (62) 5
1851  40  2408 (60) 8
1852  43  2388 (65) 2
1853  50  2375 (70) 0
1854  53  2363 (73) 0
1855  55  2351 (73) 2
1856  62  2344 (73) 0
1857  66  2337 (71) 9
1858  65  2342 (75) 0
1859  65  2346 (77) 0
1860  72  2351 (76) 4
1861  79  2345 (81) 0
1862  82  2339 (83) 0
1863  81  2333 (84) 0
1864  86  2327 (84) 0
1865  84  2321 (83) 0
1866  87  2315 (80) 0
1867  92  2309 (75) 0
1868  96  2303 (68) 8
1869  90  2309 (67) 0
1870  85  2316 (63) 0
1871  83  2323 (54) 34
1872  94  2313 (58) 24

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Jenay, Eduard  
   Also known as: de Jenay; Jeney
Born: 1812
Died: 1880
 
Notes:
Name given as 'Jené' in the Illustrated London News of 4 June 1859 (p.550), and as 'Jeney' in the Chess Player's Chronicle of Jan. 1861 (p.27), and as 'von Jenay' in the Sunday Times of 21 June 1857 (supplement, p.4) and the Chess Player's Magazine of Aug. 1864 (p.251). Peter Anderberg, in an article in the joural 'Caissa', gives his age as 67 on 9 Mar. 1880, which would mean that he was born between 10-03-1812 and 9-03-1813, and Harding gives his dates as '1812/1813 - 1880'. However, Zavatarelli gives his dates as 'about 1820-1880'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 28
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 194
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 17, 18, 376
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 7, 10
Periodicals
   [BLL], 25 Oct. 1846, page 3
   [BLL], 27 Feb. 1853, page 8
   [Cai], vol. 3, no. 1, 2018, page 11
   [CPC], vol. 7, no. 12, Dec. 1846, page 404
   [CPC], vol. 11, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 289
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 25, Jan. 1861, page 27
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 1863, page 165
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1864, page 251
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1865, page 38
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 8, Aug. 1869, page 243
   [DSZ], vol. 2, 1847, page 40
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 3, Mar. 1872, page 72
   [Era], vol. 19, no. 993, 4 Oct. 1857, page 14
   [Era], vol. 20, no. 1021, 18 Apr. 1858, page 7
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1276, 8 Mar. 1863, page 5
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1347, 17 July 1864, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 34, no. 977, 4 June 1859, page 550
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1849, page 68
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 2, 16 Apr. 1872, page 9
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 17, 1 Dec. 1872, page 132
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1850, page 227
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1851, page 200
   [ST], no. 1783, 21 June 1857, page supp.4
   [SZ], vol. 1, no. 2, Aug. 1846, page 37, 38
   [SZ], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1850, page 2
   [SZ], vol. 10, no. 2, Feb. 1855, page 75
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 1, Jan. 1859, page 26
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 6, June 1864, page 193
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 8, 15 Apr. 1868, page 122
Web
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Lowenthal, J.J. - Jenay, E. 1846         (c)     38   -   30
von der Lasa, T. - Jenay, E. 1846         (c)     2.5   -   2.5
Freund (1) - Jenay, E. 1846         (s)     1   -   1
Hamppe, C. - Jenay, E. 1850         (s)     3   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Jenay, E. 1851         (c)     4.5   -   3.5
Szen, J. - Jenay, E. 1852         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Hamppe, C. - Jenay, E. 1855         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Kolisch, I. - Jenay, E. 1857         (f)     7   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Jenay, E. 1860         (f)     2   -   2

Tournament data

Vienna 1857     Vienna Tournament    
  Jenay, E. - Pilhal, E.     0 - 1    
Vienna 1868     Weiner Schachgesellschaft Tournament     38.5  /  46
Vienna 1871     Wiener Schachgesellschaft Turnier     53  /  68
Vienna 1872     Weiner Schachgesellschaft Tournament     37  /  46


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025