Vezin, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1837  20  2240 (105) 11
1838  21  2257 (100) 0
1839  25  2273 (94) 0
1840  28  2290 (87) 0
1841  29  2307 (78) 4
1842  33  2317 (73) 0
1843  34  2327 (65) 5
1844  36  2338 (58) 21
1845  41  2342 (60) 0
1846  42  2346 (56) 35
1847  44  2335 (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, 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
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: 28 May 2016