Edo Historical Chess Ratings


Laroche, Adolphe





Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1843  8  2501 (87) 9
1844  11  2492 (88) 0
1845  14  2483 (87) 0
1846  14  2474 (86) 0
1847  13  2465 (83) 0
1848  13  2456 (79) 0
1849  17  2447 (73) 0
1850  19  2438 (64) 13
1851  22  2428 (65) 2
1852  19  2422 (66) 0
1853  20  2416 (64) 2
1854  14  2424 (61) 0
1855  13  2432 (54) 12
1856  9  2454 (49) 35
1857  15  2445 (54) 0
1858  21  2436 (53) 13
1859  22  2435 (55) 0
1860  25  2434 (50) 32

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Laroche, Jean Adolphe  
   Also known as: Laroche (de Bayonne); Delaroche; De La Roche; La Roche
Born: 10 May 1811
Died: 25 Mar. 1866
 
Notes:
The name 'Laroche' appears as early as Apr. 1838 in Le Palamède (vol.3, p.58). His name also appears sometimes as 'Delaroche' (Le Palamède, Jan. 1838, v.2, p.483; Chess Player's Chronicle, 1843, v.4, p.290), 'De La Roche' (Chess Player's Chronicle, 1847, v.8, p.90) and 'La Roche' (e.g. Le Palamède, 2nd series, v.1, 1842, p.10). In 1845, he moved from Paris to Bayonne, and is often subsequently known as 'Laroche, de Bayonne'. His name is given as 'H. Laroche' by Di Felice, but Thimognier has discovered that his name was Jean Adolphe Laroche (or just Adolphe Laroche). His death was announced in Le Sphinx (v.2, 15 Apr. 1866, p.3) and Thimognier has found his exact birth and death dates. Not to be confused with 'le docteur Laroche' (almost certainly Pierre François Laroche - see Thimognier's web site, or CN 7253) who was an older player but active at the same time for many years. Both names appear in the subscription list to Kieseritzky's book 'Cinquante Parties...', and in lists of members and honorary members of the Paris chess circle (La Palamède, 1845, v.5, p.135; La Régence, 1849, v.1, p.164).
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 228
   Edge, Exploits of Morphy, page 177
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 38
   Kieseritzky, Cinquante Parties, page 49
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 65
Periodicals
   [BLL], 14 Apr. 1839, page 4
   [BLL], 15 Oct. 1843, page 2
   [BLL], 14 Sep. 1845, page 2
   [BLL], 7 Dec. 1845, page 3
   [BLL], 11 Mar. 1849, page 8
   [CPC], vol. 4, Oct. 1843, page 290
   [CPC], vol. 5, Dec. 1844, page 399
   [CPC], vol. 8, 20 Mar. 1847, page 90
   [Pal], vol. 2, 15 Jan. 1838, page 483
   [Pal], vol. 3, 15 Apr. 1838, page 58
   [Pal], vol. 1, 15 Dec. 1841, page 10
   [Pal], vol. 5, 15 Mar. 1845, page 135
   [Pal], vol. 5, 15 Nov. 1845, page 524
   [Pal], vol. 6, 15 Jan. 1846, page 18
   [Reg], vol. 1, Feb. 1849, page 45
   [Reg], vol. 1, June 1849, page 164
   [Reg], vol. 2, Apr. 1850, page 99
   [Reg], vol. 3, July 1851, page 198
   [Sph], vol. 2, 15 Apr. 1866, page 3
Web
   Sarah.  [Paul Morphy's Contenders]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Chess Disputes], page 1
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]
   Thimognier, Dominique.  [LAROCHE Jean Adolphe ('De Bayonne')]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 6693. Laroche]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 7253. Laroche]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Laroche, J.A. - Lecrivain, S. 1843         (f)     6   -   3      Laroche, J.A. gave odds of pawn and move
Laroche, J.A. - Stern (2) 1850         (f)     6   -   3      Laroche, J.A. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Schulten, J.W. - Laroche, J.A. 1850         (s)     3   -   1
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Laroche, J.A. 1851         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Szen, J. - Laroche, J.A. 1853         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
de Riviere, J.A. - Laroche, J.A. 1855         (f)     6   -   6
de Riviere, J.A. - Laroche, J.A. 1856         (f)     15.5   -   19.5
Morphy, P.C. - Laroche, J.A. 1858 (1)         (c)     6   -   1
Morphy, P.C. - Laroche, J.A. 1858 (2)         (c)     4.5   -   1.5      Morphy, P.C. gave odds of pawn and move
Anderssen (offhand) - Laroche, J.A. 1860         (c)     3   -   2
Harrwitz, D. - Laroche, J.A. 1860         (c)     3   -   0
Kolisch, I. - Laroche, J.A. 1860         (c)     4.5   -   1.5
Laroche, J.A. - de Riviere, J.A. 1860         (c)     9   -   9