Dufresne, Jean




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  31  2395 (84) 1
1848  31  2397 (76) 0
1849  37  2400 (65) 10
1850  36  2399 (53) 20
1851  36  2418 (50) 20
1852  33  2421 (53) 0
1853  36  2423 (48) 29
1854  43  2386 (58) 0
1855  54  2350 (63) 6
1856  61  2342 (69) 0
1857  65  2335 (72) 4
1858  77  2306 (78) 1
1859  94  2282 (84) 4

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
   [Era], vol. 22, no. 1107, 11 Dec. 1859, page 13
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2004, 8 Dec. 1877, page 558
   [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
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

Tournament data

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


Player information updated: 8 Dec. 2023