Baucher, Henri




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1854  125  2054 (142) 1
1855  136  2063 (139) 0
1856  148  2072 (137) 0
1857  150  2081 (134) 0
1858  156  2090 (131) 2
1859  170  2104 (129) 0
1860  170  2117 (127) 0
1861  182  2130 (124) 0
1862  178  2143 (121) 0
1863  166  2157 (117) 0
1864  169  2170 (113) 0
1865  163  2183 (109) 0
1866  162  2197 (103) 0
1867  153  2210 (98) 0
1868  147  2223 (91) 0
1869  136  2236 (83) 10
1870  138  2231 (91) 0
1871  141  2225 (97) 0
1872  156  2219 (103) 0
1873  158  2213 (108) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Baucher, Henri  
Born: 22 Oct. 1818
Died: 19 June 1912
 
Notes:
Staunton gives his name as 'Boucher' in the Illustrated London News of 16 Oct. 1858 (p.365). The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle of Feb. 1870 (p.9) has 'M. Bancher', but corrects this in the Apr. 1870 issue (p.61).
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 92, 101, 109, 135, 139, 241
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 524
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 27
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 193
   Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 134
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 370
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 114
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2413, 18 July 1868, page 10
   [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1859, page 232
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1865, page 22
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 1, Feb. 1870, page 11
   [CPQC], vol. 2, no. 2, Apr. 1870, page 61
   [DCJ], vol. 8, no. 67, Oct. 1875, page 438
   [Era], vol. 21, no. 1080, 5 June 1859, page 5
   [ILN], vol. 33, no. 941, 16 Oct. 1858, page 365
   [ISDN], 5 Sep. 1874
   [IZL], vol. 37, no. 955, 19 Oct. 1861, page 282
   [NR], vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1860, page 30
   [NR], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1861, page 60
   [NR], vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1862, page 7
   [NYC], 13 Nov. 1858
   [PF], vol. 1, no. 7, Mar. 1865, page 353
   [Sph], vol. 2, no. 10, 1 Oct. 1866, page 154
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1867, page 6
   [Str], vol. 6, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1873, page 82
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 11, Nov. 1859, page 352
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 8, Aug. 1865, page 246
Web
   Sarah.  [Café de la Régence II]
   Sarah.  [The Living Age, Vol.63, No.802, 8 Oct., 1859], page 69
   Sarah.  [Paul Goes to France]
   Sarah.  [Scientific American, Vol.14, No.8, 30 Oct., 1858]
   Sericano, C.  [Gerolamo Tassinari]

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

Tassinari, G. - Baucher, H. 1854         (s)     1   -   0
Morphy, P.C. - Baucher, H. 1858         (c)     2   -   0
Wayte, W. - Baucher, H. 1869         (c)     6   -   4
Bird, H.E. - Baucher, H. 1873         (c)     0.5   -   0.5


Player information updated: 14 May 2025