Szén, József




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1836  2495 (69) 50
1837  2493 (72) 0
1838  10  2492 (72) 0
1839  12  2491 (69) 9
1840  11  2490 (75) 0
1841  14  2489 (78) 0
1842  16  2488 (80) 0
1843  16  2487 (80) 0
1844  16  2486 (78) 0
1845  17  2485 (74) 10
1846  17  2494 (75) 0
1847  14  2504 (74) 0
1848  11  2513 (71) 0
1849  12  2523 (66) 0
1850  11  2532 (57) 0
1851  2542 (41) 48
1852  10  2527 (47) 24
1853  10  2517 (56) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Szén, József  
Born: 9 July 1805
Died: 13 Jan. 1857
 
Notes:
Sarah's web site has birth date 7-09-1805. Barcza has birth year 1806. Gaige has birth date 9-07-1805. Dubois has year of death as 1856 in La Rivista degli Scacchi (Aug. 1859, p.119). Gaige has 13-01-1857.
 
References
Books
   Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 71
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 19, 249
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 97
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 416
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 317
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 73, 75, 76
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 16, 17
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 339
   Murray, History of Chess, page 885
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 43
Periodicals
   [BLL], 1 Jan. 1837
   [BLL], 31 May 1840, page 4
   [BLL], 7 June 1840, page 3
   [BLL], 7 Nov. 1841, page 2
   [CMNY], vol. 1, no. 7, July 1857, page 223
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 4, Apr. 1851, page 116
   [Era], vol. 19, no. 969, 19 Apr. 1857, page 14
   [Era], vol. 19, no. 988, 30 Aug. 1857, page 14
   [FLIN], 23 May 1857
   [ILN], vol. 30, no. 856, 2 May 1857, page 420
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1849, page 69
   [NYC], 3 Oct. 1857
   [Pal], vol. 2, no. 13, 15 Dec. 1842, page 264
   [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 118
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1851, page 200
   [RiS], vol. 1, no. 15, Aug. 1859, page 119
   [ST], no. 1775, 26 Apr. 1857, page supp.4
   [SZ], vol. 1, no. 1, July 1846, page 2
   [SZ], vol. 1, no. 2, Aug. 1846, page 40
   [SZ], vol. 5, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 349
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 45
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1851, page 234
   [SZ], vol. 10, no. 11, Nov. 1855, page 349
   [SZ], vol. 12, no. 5, May 1857, page 165
Web
   Sarah.  [John Jacob Löwenthal]
   Sarah.  [Joszef Szen]
   Sarah.  [State of Chess in 1838]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Walker, George.  [Excerpt from 'The Café de la Régence']

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

Szen, J. - Calis 1836         (c)     12   -   1
Szen, J. - de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. 1836         (c)     13   -   12      de la Bourdonnais, L.C.M. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Boncourt, H.H. - Szen, J. 1836         (f)     6   -   6
Szen, J. - Bledow, L.E. 1839         (c)     1   -   1
von Bilguer, P.R. - Szen, J. 1839         (c)     1   -   0
Szen, J. - von der Lasa, T. 1839         (c)     2   -   1
Mayet, C. - Szen, J. 1839         (c)     2.5   -   0.5
Szen, J. - Grimm, V. 1845         (s)     7   -   3
Szen, J. - Hirschbach, H. 1851         (c)     1   -   0
Hamppe, C. - Szen, J. 1851         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Szen, J. - Brunner, G.A. 1851         (c)     1   -   1
Szen, J. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1851         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Szen, J. 1851 (1)         (c)     13   -   7
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Szen, J. 1851 (2)         (c)     1   -   0
Szen, J. - Falkbeer, E.K. 1851         (c)     2   -   1
Szen, J. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1851         (s)     1   -   0
Szen, J. - Falkbeer, E.K. 1852         (f)     10   -   10
Szen, J. - Hamppe, C. 1852         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Szen, J. - Jenay, E. 1852         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Szen, J. - Laroche, J.A. 1853         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Harrwitz, D. - Szen, J. 1853         (c)     3.5   -   1.5
Boden, S.S. - Szen, J. 1853         (c)     1   -   1

Tournament data

London, England 1851 (1)     The International Chess Tournament    
  Szen, J. - Newham, S.     2 - 0    
  Szen, J. - Anderssen, K.E.A.     2 - 4    
  Szen, J. - Horwitz, B.     4 - 0    
  Szen, J. - Kennedy, H.A.     4.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023