Dufresne, Jean




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  31  2392 (84) 1
1848  32  2394 (76) 0
1849  38  2397 (64) 10
1850  37  2396 (53) 20
1851  36  2417 (50) 20
1852  32  2422 (53) 0
1853  32  2426 (48) 29
1854  42  2397 (57) 0
1855  46  2367 (61) 6
1856  48  2369 (66) 0
1857  48  2372 (68) 4
1858  57  2356 (72) 1
1859  65  2348 (75) 4
1860  65  2360 (81) 0
1861  57  2371 (86) 0
1862  52  2383 (89) 0
1863  42  2394 (91) 0
1864  38  2406 (92) 0
1865  36  2417 (92) 0
1866  35  2429 (92) 0
1867  29  2440 (90) 0
1868  28  2452 (87) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Dufresne, Jean  
   Also known as: E.S. Freund
Born: 14 Feb. 1829
Died: 15 Apr. 1893
 
Notes:
Renette and Zavaterelli give the definitive date of death as 15-04-1893 from a photo of the death certificate given in Saremba's book on Dufresne. Some other sources have incorrect dates.
 
References
Books
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 78
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 99
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 524
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 90
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 97
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 312, 313
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 25
Periodicals
   [BLL], 10 Dec. 1848, page 5
   [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1859, page 205
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1859, page 323
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 3, Mar. 1872, page 69
   [Era], vol. 22, no. 1107, 11 Dec. 1859, page 13
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2004, 8 Dec. 1877, page 558
   [NBSZ], vol. 1, no. 3, Mar. 1864, page 85
   [OSZ], vol. 2, no. 28, 16 May 1873, page 150
   [Sis], vol. 10, 1866, page 119
   [Sis], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1867, page 52
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 1851, page 1
   [SZ], vol. 12, no. 1, Jan. 1857, page 1
   [SZ], vol. 13, no. 11, Nov. 1858, page 455
   [SZ], vol. 16, no. 9, Sep. 1861, page 290
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 8, 15 July 1867, page 224
Web
   Hoppe, Frank.  [Chronik des Jahres 1893]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

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

Dufresne, J. - Harrwitz, D. 1847         (c)     1   -   0
Dufresne, J. - Leow, S. 1849         (f)     7.5   -   2.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1850         (c)     15   -   5
von der Lasa, T. - Dufresne, J. 1851         (c)     2   -   0
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Dufresne, J. 1851         (f)     13   -   5
von der Lasa, T. - Dufresne, J. 1853         (c)     2   -   0
Dufresne, J. - Ehrmann, A. 1853         (c)     2   -   2
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Dufresne, J. 1853         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Dufresne, J. - Mayet, C. 1853         (f)     7.5   -   5.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Dufresne, J. 1855         (f)     6   -   0
von der Lasa, T. - Dufresne, J. 1857         (c)     2   -   2
Lange, Max - Dufresne, J. 1858         (c)     1   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1859         (c)     4   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1868         (c)     2.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

Berlin 1853     1st Tournament of Berliner Schachgesellschaft    
  Dufresne, J. - Lange, Max     3 - 1    
  Dufresne, J. - Mayet, C.     2 - 1    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025