Vezin, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1837  22  2233 (105) 11
1838  25  2250 (100) 0
1839  28  2266 (94) 0
1840  31  2283 (87) 0
1841  32  2300 (78) 4
1842  34  2310 (73) 0
1843  38  2319 (65) 5
1844  37  2330 (58) 21
1845  42  2332 (60) 0
1846  45  2335 (56) 35
1847  45  2324 (70) 7

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Vezin, Charles  
Born: 1781
Died: 8 Apr. 1853
 
Notes:
According to Allen (in Fiske), he 'came to this country a chess player' in 1812 or 1813, and so was playing by then.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 349, 353, 359
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 445
   Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 54
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 330
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 77
   Hilbert, Tragic Life of Leonard, page 90
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 6, 23
   Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 119
Periodicals
   [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 8, Aug. 1859, page 263
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1316, 13 Dec. 1863, page 5
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 6, 15 May 1842, page 248
   [Pal], vol. 3, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1843, page 14
   [SZ], vol. 24, no. 4, Apr. 1869, page 108
Web
   Sarah.  [American Chess Congress Players]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Schlumberger, W. - Vezin, C. 1837 (1)         (c)     2   -   0
Schlumberger, W. - Vezin, C. 1837 (2)         (c)     8   -   1
Oliver, B.L. - Vezin, C. 1841         (c)     2   -   2
Oliver, B.L. - Vezin, C. 1843         (c)     3   -   2
Stanley, C.H. - Vezin, C. 1844         (f)     12.5   -   8.5
Vezin, C. - Thompson, J. (1) 1846         (c)     11.5   -   6.5
Stanley, C.H. - Vezin, C. 1846         (f)     5   -   4
Hammond, G. - Vezin, C. 1846         (f)     4.5   -   3.5
Vethake, W.H. - Vezin, C. 1847         (c)     5   -   2


Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024