Baucher, Henri




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  136  2110 (141) 2
1859  150  2122 (138) 0
1860  153  2135 (135) 0
1861  155  2147 (131) 0
1862  140  2159 (127) 0
1863  135  2171 (123) 0
1864  137  2183 (118) 0
1865  129  2196 (112) 0
1866  127  2208 (107) 0
1867  122  2220 (100) 0
1868  109  2232 (93) 0
1869  99  2244 (84) 10
1870  102  2239 (92) 0
1871  103  2233 (98) 0
1872  113  2227 (104) 0
1873  119  2221 (109) 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