Dufresne, Jean




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  31  2388 (84) 1
1848  32  2390 (76) 0
1849  38  2393 (64) 10
1850  37  2392 (53) 20
1851  36  2413 (50) 20
1852  32  2418 (53) 0
1853  32  2422 (48) 29
1854  42  2393 (57) 0
1855  46  2363 (61) 6
1856  47  2366 (66) 0
1857  48  2368 (68) 4
1858  57  2353 (72) 1
1859  65  2345 (75) 4
1860  65  2357 (81) 0
1861  57  2368 (86) 0
1862  52  2380 (89) 0
1863  43  2391 (91) 0
1864  37  2403 (92) 0
1865  37  2415 (92) 0
1866  35  2426 (92) 0
1867  29  2438 (90) 0
1868  29  2449 (87) 6

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Dufresne, Jean  
   Also known as: E.S. Freund
Born: 14 Feb. 1829
Died: 15 Apr. 1893
 
Notes:
Renette and Zavaterelli give the definitive date of death as 15-04-1893 from a photo of the death certificate given in Saremba's book on Dufresne. Some other sources have incorrect dates.
 
References
Books
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 78
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 99
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 524
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 90
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 97
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 312, 313
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 25
Periodicals
   [BLL], 10 Dec. 1848, page 5
   [CMNY], vol. 3, no. 7, July 1859, page 205
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1859, page 323
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 3, Mar. 1872, page 69
   [Era], vol. 22, no. 1107, 11 Dec. 1859, page 13
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2004, 8 Dec. 1877, page 558
   [NBSZ], vol. 1, no. 3, Mar. 1864, page 85
   [OSZ], vol. 2, no. 28, 16 May 1873, page 150
   [Sis], vol. 10, 1866, page 119
   [Sis], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1867, page 52
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 1851, page 1
   [SZ], vol. 12, no. 1, Jan. 1857, page 1
   [SZ], vol. 13, no. 11, Nov. 1858, page 455
   [SZ], vol. 16, no. 9, Sep. 1861, page 290
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 8, 15 July 1867, page 224
Web
   Hoppe, Frank.  [Chronik des Jahres 1893]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Collected results, 1836-1863]

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

Dufresne, J. - Harrwitz, D. 1847         (c)     1   -   0
Dufresne, J. - Leow, S. 1849         (f)     7.5   -   2.5
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1850         (c)     15   -   5
von der Lasa, T. - Dufresne, J. 1851         (c)     2   -   0
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Dufresne, J. 1851         (f)     13   -   5
von der Lasa, T. - Dufresne, J. 1853         (c)     2   -   0
Dufresne, J. - Ehrmann, A. 1853         (c)     2   -   2
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Dufresne, J. 1853         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Dufresne, J. - Mayet, C. 1853         (f)     7.5   -   5.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Dufresne, J. 1855         (f)     6   -   0
von der Lasa, T. - Dufresne, J. 1857         (c)     2   -   2
Lange, Max - Dufresne, J. 1858         (c)     1   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1859         (c)     4   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1868         (c)     2.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

Berlin 1853     1st Tournament of Berliner Schachgesellschaft    
  Dufresne, J. - Lange, Max     3 - 1    
  Dufresne, J. - Mayet, C.     2 - 1    


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025