de Saint-Amant, Pierre




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1825  8  2327 (139) 3
1826  8  2344 (135) 0
1827  8  2361 (130) 0
1828  8  2378 (124) 0
1829  8  2395 (119) 0
1830  6  2412 (112) 0
1831  6  2430 (105) 0
1832  6  2447 (98) 0
1833  6  2464 (89) 0
1834  6  2481 (79) 25
1835  6  2499 (76) 12
1836  5  2520 (71) 15
1837  4  2532 (73) 0
1838  5  2544 (72) 0
1839  6  2556 (67) 10
1840  6  2560 (63) 3
1841  5  2572 (58) 2
1842  5  2570 (50) 26
1843  5  2572 (45) 64
1844  6  2564 (50) 24
1845  9  2550 (56) 19
1846  8  2552 (55) 14
1847  7  2542 (62) 2
1848  9  2529 (67) 0
1849  14  2516 (68) 1
1850  17  2503 (67) 2
1851  18  2488 (66) 0
1852  17  2472 (61) 10
1853  19  2460 (64) 0
1854  17  2449 (64) 0
1855  25  2437 (59) 27
1856  29  2418 (56) 52
1857  38  2405 (66) 0
1858  44  2392 (72) 3
1859  49  2385 (82) 0
1860  55  2379 (90) 0
1861  59  2372 (97) 0
1862  57  2366 (102) 0
1863  57  2359 (107) 0
1864  64  2352 (111) 0
1865  64  2346 (115) 0
1866  65  2339 (118) 0
1867  72  2333 (121) 0
1868  78  2326 (124) 0
1869  82  2319 (126) 0
1870  81  2313 (128) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: de Saint-Amant, Pierre Charles Fournier  
Born: 4 Oct. 1800
Died: 28 Oct. 1872
 
Notes:
Sarah's Morphy website gives birth date 09-09-1802. Sergeant gives birth date 02-09-1800. Gaige gives birth date 12-09-1800. Sissa of 1872 (p.370) cites La Stratégie saying that he died at age 73, which would put his year of birth at 1798 or 1799. Frederic Fournier has sent me a copy of his birth record, which shows that he was born on the 12th day of vendemiaire, in the year 9 of the republic, according to the revolutionary calendar; this corresponds to 4 Oct. 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, since in 1800 vendemiaire began on 23 Sept. (Gregorian). Golombek gives death date 29-10-1873. Sarah's Morphy website gives death date 09-10-1872. Gaige gives death date 29-10-1872. Sergeant, the Westminster Papers of 1 Dec. 1872 (vol.5, p.111) and the Huddersfield College Magazine of Jan. 1873 (vol.1, p.75) give death date 25-10-1872. The death certificate of de Saint-Amant shows 28-10-1872 as his date of death. Staunton, in the Chess Player's Chronicle (1844, v.5, p.313, 317) gives name as 'C.F.J. St Amant'.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 18, 25, 248
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 247
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 73, 122
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 438
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 968
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 369
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 283
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 291
   Murray, History of Chess, page 881
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 54, 160
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 219
Periodicals
   [BaH], 22 Nov. 1872
   [BDE], vol. 33, no. 289, 4 Dec. 1872, page 1
   [BDE], vol. 33, no. 307, 26 Dec. 1872, page 3
   [BLL], 19 Sep. 1852, page 8
   [BLL], 13 Feb. 1853, page 7
   [BLL], no. 2536, 11 Dec. 1869, page 3
   [BLL], no. 2733, 16 Nov. 1872, page 8
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 6, Dec. 1872, page 185
   [Era], vol. 35, no. 1784, 1 Dec. 1872, page 4
   [HCM], vol. 1, no. 4, Jan. 1873, page 74
   [HWT], 8 Feb. 1873
   [ILN], vol. 5, no. 139, 28 Dec. 1844, page 416
   [ILN], vol. 61, no. 1733, 23 Nov. 1872, page 503
   [IZL], vol. 8, no. 196, 3 Apr. 1847, page 224
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 183
   [NR], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 2
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1845, page 30
   [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 120
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1850, page 231
   [Sis], vol. 1, 1847, page 96
   [Sis], vol. 5, no. 12, 1872, page 370
   [ST], no. 2589, 24 Nov. 1872, page 8
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 8, 2 Dec. 1872, page 111
Web
   Alberti, Marco A.  [Pierre Charles Fournier Saint-Amant]
   Harding, Tim.  [The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)], page 2
   Metzner, Paul.  [Philidor and the Café de la Régence Chess Masters]
   Sarah.  [Saint Amant]
   Sarah.  [Saint Amant]
   Sarah.  [Saint Amant]
   Sarah.  [William Schlumberger]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Obituaries], page 3
   Walker, George.  [Excerpt from 'The Café de la Régence']
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 7609. Saint-Amant's death.]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - de Rivoire 1825         (c)     1.5   -   1.5
Boncourt, H.H. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1834         (f)     15   -   10
Mouret, J.F. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1835         (s)     3   -   2
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Foy 1835         (c)     6.5   -   0.5
Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1836         (c)     1.5   -   1.5      Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Walker, G. (1) 1836         (c)     5.5   -   3.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Frazer, W. 1836         (c)     2   -   1
Boncourt, H.H. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1839         (c)     4   -   6
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1840         (c)     1.5   -   1.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1841         (c)     2   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Walker, G. (1) 1842         (c)     1   -   0
Cochrane, J. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1842         (c)     6.5   -   4.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Wyvill, M. 1842         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1842         (c)     1   -   0      Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1842         (c)     11   -   1
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Perigal, G. 1843         (c)     1   -   1
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Evans, W.D. 1843         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Taverner 1843         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Staunton, H. 1843 (1)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Bryan, T.J. 1843 (1)         (f)     8.5   -   11.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and three moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rousseau, E. 1843         (c)     4.5   -   1.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Staunton, H. 1843 (2)         (f)     8   -   13
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Bryan, T.J. 1843 (2)         (c)     5   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and three moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Carle 1843         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Buckle, H.T. 1843         (s)     0   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1844         (s)     19   -   5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rieutord 1845         (c)     5.5   -   4.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Legris de la Salle 1845         (c)     2.5   -   1.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Faye, E. 1845         (c)     3   -   2      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Gombaud, L. 1845         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Poisson 1845         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rhodes, J. 1846         (c)     0   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Walker, G. (1) 1846         (c)     0   -   1
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Spreckley, G.S. 1846         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Perigal, G. 1846         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1846         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Horwitz, B. 1846         (c)     1   -   1
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rieutord 1846         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Faye, E. 1846         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Gombaud, L. 1846         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Greville, B.J. 1846         (f)     1.5   -   3.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Newham, S. 1847         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Medley, G.W. 1847         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Dumoncheau 1849         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Salmon, G. 1850         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Newham, S. 1850         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Stanley, C.H. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1852         (c)     4   -   4
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Perrin, F. 1852         (s)     1   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - O'Sullivan, J.L. 1855         (f)     22.5   -   4.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Medley, G.W. 1856         (c)     0   -   2      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Worrall, T.H. 1856         (s)     24   -   26      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Cochrane, J. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1870         (c)     1   -   1

Tournament data

Birmingham and London, England 1858     2nd British Chess Association Congress    
  de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Beetlestone     2 - 0    
  de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Falkbeer, E.K.     1 - 2    
London, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Watts, J.J.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 6 Oct. 2024