Jenay, Eduard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  23  2451 (57) 75
1847  20  2440 (64) 0
1848  21  2430 (67) 0
1849  28  2419 (66) 0
1850  31  2408 (62) 5
1851  40  2401 (60) 8
1852  43  2381 (65) 2
1853  50  2369 (70) 0
1854  53  2357 (73) 0
1855  55  2345 (73) 2
1856  61  2339 (73) 0
1857  64  2332 (71) 9
1858  60  2337 (75) 0
1859  66  2342 (77) 0
1860  70  2346 (76) 4
1861  74  2341 (81) 0
1862  77  2335 (83) 0
1863  75  2329 (84) 0
1864  82  2323 (84) 0
1865  80  2317 (83) 0
1866  84  2312 (80) 0
1867  89  2306 (75) 0
1868  91  2300 (68) 8
1869  87  2307 (67) 0
1870  83  2314 (63) 0
1871  83  2320 (54) 34
1872  93  2311 (58) 24

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Jenay, Eduard  
   Also known as: de Jenay; Jeney
Born: 1812
Died: 1880
 
Notes:
Name given as 'Jené' in the Illustrated London News of 4 June 1859 (p.550), and as 'Jeney' in the Chess Player's Chronicle of Jan. 1861 (p.27), and as 'von Jenay' in the Sunday Times of 21 June 1857 (supplement, p.4) and the Chess Player's Magazine of Aug. 1864 (p.251). Peter Anderberg, in an article in the joural 'Caissa', gives his age as 67 on 9 Mar. 1880, which would mean that he was born between 10-03-1812 and 9-03-1813, and Harding gives his dates as '1812/1813 - 1880'. However, Zavatarelli gives his dates as 'about 1820-1880'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 28
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 194
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 17, 18, 376
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 7, 10
Periodicals
   [BLL], 25 Oct. 1846, page 3
   [BLL], 27 Feb. 1853, page 8
   [Cai], vol. 3, no. 1, 2018, page 11
   [CPC], vol. 7, no. 12, Dec. 1846, page 404
   [CPC], vol. 11, no. 10, Oct. 1850, page 289
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 25, Jan. 1861, page 27
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 1863, page 165
   [CPM], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1864, page 251
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1865, page 38
   [CPQC], vol. 1, no. 8, Aug. 1869, page 243
   [DSZ], vol. 2, 1847, page 40
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 3, Mar. 1872, page 72
   [Era], vol. 19, no. 993, 4 Oct. 1857, page 14
   [Era], vol. 20, no. 1021, 18 Apr. 1858, page 7
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1276, 8 Mar. 1863, page 5
   [Era], vol. 26, no. 1347, 17 July 1864, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 34, no. 977, 4 June 1859, page 550
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 5, May 1849, page 68
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 2, 16 Apr. 1872, page 9
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 17, 1 Dec. 1872, page 132
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1850, page 227
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1851, page 200
   [ST], no. 1783, 21 June 1857, page supp.4
   [SZ], vol. 1, no. 2, Aug. 1846, page 37, 38
   [SZ], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1850, page 2
   [SZ], vol. 10, no. 2, Feb. 1855, page 75
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 1, Jan. 1859, page 26
   [SZ], vol. 19, no. 6, June 1864, page 193
   [SZ], vol. 23, no. 8, 15 Apr. 1868, page 122
Web
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

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

Lowenthal, J.J. - Jenay, E. 1846         (c)     38   -   30
von der Lasa, T. - Jenay, E. 1846         (c)     2.5   -   2.5
Freund (1) - Jenay, E. 1846         (s)     1   -   1
Hamppe, C. - Jenay, E. 1850         (s)     3   -   2
Anderssen (offhand) - Jenay, E. 1851         (c)     4.5   -   3.5
Szen, J. - Jenay, E. 1852         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Hamppe, C. - Jenay, E. 1855         (s)     1.5   -   0.5
Kolisch, I. - Jenay, E. 1857         (f)     7   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Jenay, E. 1860         (f)     2   -   2

Tournament data

Vienna 1857     Vienna Tournament    
  Jenay, E. - Pilhal, E.     0 - 1    
Vienna 1868     Weiner Schachgesellschaft Tournament     38.5  /  46
Vienna 1871     Wiener Schachgesellschaft Turnier     53  /  68
Vienna 1872     Weiner Schachgesellschaft Tournament     37  /  46


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025