Dufresne, Jean




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  32  2399 (85) 1
1848  32  2401 (76) 0
1849  36  2403 (65) 10
1850  38  2398 (54) 20
1851  36  2418 (52) 20
1852  30  2421 (56) 0
1853  34  2424 (54) 21
1854  48  2375 (64) 0
1855  63  2327 (70) 6
1856  71  2305 (78) 0
1857  86  2283 (85) 0
1858  100  2261 (90) 0
1859  117  2239 (94) 4

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
   [Era], vol. 22, no. 1107, 11 Dec. 1859, page 13
   [ILN], vol. 71, no. 2004, 8 Dec. 1877, page 558
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
Dufresne, J. - Mayet, C. 1853         (f)     7.5   -   5.5
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Dufresne, J. 1853         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Anderssen, K.E.A. - Dufresne, J. 1855         (f)     6   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Dufresne, J. 1859         (c)     4   -   0

Tournament data

Berlin 1853     1st Tournament of Berliner Schachgesellschaft    
  Dufresne, J. - Lange, Max     3 - 0    
  Dufresne, J. - Mayet, C.     2 - 0    


Player information updated: 6 Apr. 2023