Baucher, Henri




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  129  2106 (142) 2
1859  133  2118 (139) 0
1860  138  2130 (135) 0
1861  140  2142 (132) 0
1862  128  2154 (128) 0
1863  126  2166 (123) 0
1864  127  2178 (119) 0
1865  121  2190 (114) 0
1866  118  2202 (108) 0
1867  117  2215 (101) 0
1868  103  2227 (94) 0
1869  98  2239 (85) 10
1870  100  2233 (93) 0
1871  101  2228 (100) 0
1872  108  2222 (105) 0
1873  114  2217 (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, Hirschfled 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