Baucher, Henri




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1854  125  2060 (142) 1
1855  137  2070 (140) 0
1856  151  2079 (137) 0
1857  152  2088 (134) 0
1858  159  2097 (132) 2
1859  173  2110 (129) 0
1860  173  2124 (127) 0
1861  185  2137 (124) 0
1862  184  2150 (121) 0
1863  173  2164 (117) 0
1864  173  2177 (113) 0
1865  165  2190 (109) 0
1866  163  2204 (103) 0
1867  154  2217 (98) 0
1868  149  2230 (91) 0
1869  137  2244 (83) 10
1870  140  2238 (91) 0
1871  145  2232 (97) 0
1872  157  2226 (103) 0
1873  160  2220 (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