Saint-Elme-le-Duc




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1824  12  2110 (139) 3
1825  13  2122 (137) 0
1826  12  2134 (134) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Saint-Elme-le-Duc  
   Also known as: Jean Pierre Elme Leduc; Saint-Elme Leduc
Born: 1795
Died: 20 Nov. 1861
 
Notes:
According to Dominique Thimognier (personal communication), 'Saint-Elme-le-Duc' was a pseudonym and his real name was Jean Pierre Elme Leduc. Since he was known in the chess world only by the pseudonym, I list him here under that name. Thimognier also provided me with his date of death (20-11-1861) and age at death (66), from which one can deduce that he was born between 30-11-1794 and 29-11-1795.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 35, 89
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 436
Periodicals
   [NR], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1861, page 59
   [NR], vol. 2, no. 11, Nov. 1861, page 346
   [Pal], vol. 4, no. 4, 15 Apr. 1844, page 168
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1845, page 27
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 9, 15 Sep. 1845, page 403
   [Reg], vol. 3, no. 4, Apr. 1851, page 116
   [Reg], no. 1, 15 Jan. 1856, page 16
   [Reg], no. 2, 15 Feb. 1856, page 35
   [RSI], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1900, page 260
Web
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4259. Staunton v Saint Amant]

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

Weyle - Saint-Elme-le-Duc 1824 (1)         (s)     1   -   0      Weyle gave odds of a rook
Weyle - Saint-Elme-le-Duc 1824 (2)         (s)     0   -   1      Weyle gave odds of a knight
Weyle - Saint-Elme-le-Duc 1824 (3)         (s)     1   -   0      Weyle gave odds of pawn and two moves
Mouret, J.F. - Saint-Elme-le-Duc 1826         (s)     7   -   4      Mouret, J.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves


Player information updated: 6 Mar. 2021