Baucher, Henri




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1858  133  2109 (142) 2
1859  144  2121 (139) 0
1860  149  2133 (135) 0
1861  150  2145 (132) 0
1862  140  2157 (128) 0
1863  136  2169 (123) 0
1864  137  2182 (119) 0
1865  132  2194 (113) 0
1866  129  2206 (108) 0
1867  122  2218 (101) 0
1868  107  2230 (94) 0
1869  99  2242 (85) 10
1870  103  2236 (93) 0
1871  101  2231 (100) 0
1872  112  2225 (105) 0
1873  118  2220 (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