Dufresne, Jean




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  29  2414 (85) 1
1848  30  2418 (76) 0
1849  32  2421 (65) 10
1850  34  2416 (54) 20
1851  35  2432 (51) 20
1852  31  2434 (56) 0
1853  30  2436 (54) 21
1854  45  2386 (64) 0
1855  61  2337 (69) 6
1856  71  2314 (78) 0
1857  81  2292 (84) 0
1858  92  2269 (90) 0
1859  114  2247 (94) 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
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
Dufresne, J. - Mayet, C. 1853         (f)     7.5   -   5.5
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Dufresne, J. 1853         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Dufresne, J. 1855         (f)     6   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1859         (c)     4   -   0

Tournament data

Berlin 1853     1st Tournament of Berliner Schachgesellschaft    
  Dufresne, J. - Lange, Max     3 - 0    
  Dufresne, J. - Mayet, C.     2 - 0    


Player information updated: 3 Jun. 2023