Dufresne, Jean




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1847  31  2395 (84) 1
1848  32  2397 (75) 0
1849  38  2399 (64) 10
1850  37  2399 (53) 20
1851  36  2420 (50) 20
1852  32  2425 (53) 0
1853  32  2430 (48) 29
1854  42  2400 (57) 0
1855  46  2370 (61) 6
1856  48  2373 (66) 0
1857  48  2375 (68) 4
1858  59  2360 (72) 1
1859  64  2351 (75) 4
1860  67  2363 (81) 0
1861  59  2374 (86) 0
1862  55  2385 (89) 0
1863  45  2397 (91) 0
1864  37  2408 (92) 0
1865  36  2419 (92) 0
1866  35  2431 (92) 0
1867  29  2442 (90) 0
1868  29  2453 (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