| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1850 | 157 | 1571 | (145) | 6 |  
  | 1851 | 169 | 1567 | (147) | 2 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Potier |  | Also known as: Pothier |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 92 |  
   | Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 524 |  
   | Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 193 |  
   | Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 134 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [Era], vol. 21, no. 1093, 4 Sep. 1859, page 14 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 33, no. 941, 16 Oct. 1858, page 365 |  
   | [NR], vol. 1, no. 3, Mar. 1860, page 77 |  
   | [NYC], 13 Nov. 1858 |  
   | [Reg], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 44 |  
   | [Reg], vol. 3, no. 8, Aug. 1851, page 235 |  
   | [Reg], no. 6, 15 June 1856, page 182 |  
   | [Str], vol. 1, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1867, page 9 |  | Web |  
   | 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] |  
   | Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863] |  |  |