Baucher, Henri




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1854  125  2055 (142) 1
1855  137  2064 (140) 0
1856  149  2073 (137) 0
1857  150  2082 (135) 0
1858  156  2091 (132) 2
1859  170  2104 (129) 0
1860  170  2117 (127) 0
1861  181  2131 (124) 0
1862  176  2144 (121) 0
1863  166  2157 (117) 0
1864  168  2170 (113) 0
1865  164  2184 (109) 0
1866  162  2197 (103) 0
1867  153  2210 (98) 0
1868  143  2223 (91) 0
1869  135  2237 (83) 10
1870  137  2231 (91) 0
1871  141  2225 (97) 0
1872  154  2219 (103) 0
1873  156  2214 (108) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Baucher, Henri  
Born: 22 Oct. 1818
Died: 19 June 1912
 
Notes:
Staunton gives his name as 'Boucher' in the Illustrated London News of 16 Oct. 1858 (p.365). The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle of Feb. 1870 (p.9) has 'M. Bancher', but corrects this in the Apr. 1870 issue (p.61).
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 92, 101, 109, 135, 139, 241
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 524
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 27
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 193
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 134
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 370
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 114
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2413, 18 July 1868, page 10
   [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1859, page 232
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1865, page 22
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 1, Feb. 1870, page 11
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 2, Apr. 1870, page 61
   [DCJ], vol. 8, no. 67, Oct. 1875, page 438
   [Era], vol. 21, no. 1080, 5 June 1859, page 5
   [ILN], vol. 33, no. 941, 16 Oct. 1858, page 365
   [ISDN], 5 Sep. 1874
   [IZL], vol. 37, no. 955, 19 Oct. 1861, page 282
   [NR], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1860, page 30
   [NR], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1861, page 60
   [NR], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1862, page 7
   [NYC], 13 Nov. 1858
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 7, Mar. 1865, page 353
   [Sph], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Oct. 1866, page 154
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1867, page 6
   [Str], vol. 6, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1873, page 82
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 11, Nov. 1859, page 352
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 8, Aug. 1865, page 246
Web
   Sarah.  [Café de la Régence II]
   Sarah.  [The Living Age, Vol.63, No.802, 8 Oct., 1859], page 69
   Sarah.  [Paul Goes to France]
   Sarah.  [Scientific American, Vol.14, No.8, 30 Oct., 1858]
   Sericano, C.  [Gerolamo Tassinari]

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

Tassinari, G. - Baucher, H. 1854         (s)     1   -   0
Morphy, P.C. - Baucher, H. 1858         (c)     2   -   0
Wayte, W. - Baucher, H. 1869         (c)     6   -   4
Bird, H.E. - Baucher, H. 1873         (c)     0.5   -   0.5


Player information updated: 14 May 2025