Baucher, Henri




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  133  2108 (142) 2
1859  144  2120 (139) 0
1860  146  2133 (135) 0
1861  149  2145 (132) 0
1862  138  2157 (128) 0
1863  133  2169 (123) 0
1864  137  2181 (119) 0
1865  131  2193 (113) 0
1866  129  2205 (108) 0
1867  124  2217 (101) 0
1868  108  2229 (94) 0
1869  102  2241 (85) 10
1870  105  2236 (93) 0
1871  103  2230 (100) 0
1872  113  2225 (105) 0
1873  117  2219 (110) 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
Periodicals
   [BLL], 18 July 1868, page 10
   [CMNY], vol. 3, July 1859, page 232
   [CPM], vol. 1, Jan. 1865, page 22
   [CPQC], vol. 2, Feb. 1870, page 11
   [CPQC], vol. 2, Apr. 1870, page 61
   [Era], vol. 21, 5 June 1859, page 5
   [ILN], vol. 33, 16 Oct. 1858, page 365
   [NR], vol. 1, Jan. 1860, page 30
   [NR], vol. 2, Feb. 1861, page 60
   [NR], vol. 3, Jan. 1862, page 7
   [NYC], 13 Nov. 1858
   [PF], vol. 1, Mar. 1865, page 353
   [Sph], vol. 2, 1 Oct. 1866, page 154
   [Str], vol. 1, 15 Jan. 1867, page 6
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)

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: 30 Sept. 2018