Baucher, Henri




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  132  2107 (142) 2
1859  143  2119 (139) 0
1860  147  2131 (135) 0
1861  149  2143 (132) 0
1862  139  2155 (128) 0
1863  134  2168 (123) 0
1864  135  2180 (119) 0
1865  130  2192 (114) 0
1866  128  2204 (108) 0
1867  121  2216 (101) 0
1868  107  2228 (94) 0
1869  100  2240 (85) 10
1870  103  2234 (93) 0
1871  101  2229 (100) 0
1872  112  2223 (105) 0
1873  117  2218 (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