Saint-Amant, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1825  9  2325 (139) 3
1826  9  2342 (135) 0
1827  9  2359 (130) 0
1828  10  2376 (124) 0
1829  10  2393 (118) 0
1830  9  2410 (112) 0
1831  9  2428 (105) 0
1832  9  2445 (97) 0
1833  7  2462 (88) 0
1834  7  2479 (78) 25
1835  7  2496 (75) 12
1836  6  2518 (70) 15
1837  5  2530 (73) 0
1838  6  2543 (72) 0
1839  7  2555 (67) 10
1840  7  2560 (63) 3
1841  6  2572 (58) 2
1842  6  2571 (50) 26
1843  6  2573 (45) 64
1844  6  2564 (50) 24
1845  10  2549 (56) 19
1846  8  2552 (55) 14
1847  7  2542 (62) 2
1848  9  2529 (67) 0
1849  14  2515 (68) 1
1850  17  2502 (67) 2
1851  18  2487 (66) 0
1852  17  2471 (61) 10
1853  19  2459 (64) 0
1854  19  2447 (64) 0
1855  26  2435 (59) 27
1856  30  2417 (56) 52
1857  39  2404 (66) 0
1858  46  2391 (72) 3
1859  48  2384 (82) 0
1860  56  2378 (90) 0
1861  61  2371 (96) 0
1862  61  2365 (102) 0
1863  62  2358 (107) 0
1864  67  2352 (111) 0
1865  71  2345 (115) 0
1866  68  2339 (118) 0
1867  74  2332 (121) 0
1868  79  2326 (124) 0
1869  87  2319 (126) 0
1870  86  2313 (128) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: de Saint-Amant, Pierre Charles Fournié  
Born: 4 Oct. 1800
Died: 28 Oct. 1872
 
Notes:
Sarah's Morphy website gives birth date 09-09-1802. Sergeant gives birth date 02-09-1800. Gaige and La Stratégie of 15 Dec. 1872 (p.354) give birth date 12-09-1800. La Stratégie of 15 Nov. 1872 (p.321) says that he died at age 73, which would put his year of birth at 1798 or 1799. Frederic Fournier has sent me a copy of his birth record, which shows that he was born on the 12th day of vendemiaire, in the year 9 of the republic, according to the revolutionary calendar; this corresponds to 4 Oct. 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, since in 1800 vendemiaire began on 23 Sept. (Gregorian). Golombek gives death date 29-10-1873. Sarah's Morphy website gives death date 09-10-1872. Gaige and La Strat&eacuge;gie of 15 Dec. 1872 (p.353) give death date 29-10-1872. Sergeant, the Westminster Papers of 1 Dec. 1872 (vol.5, p.111) and the Huddersfield College Magazine of Jan. 1873 (vol.1, p.75) give death date 25-10-1872. The death certificate of de Saint-Amant shows 28-10-1872 as his date of death. Staunton, in the Chess Player's Chronicle (1844, v.5, p.313, 317) gives name as 'C.F.J. St Amant'. Dominique Thimognier gives, in CN 12073, a thorough analysis of his birth and death dates and his name as it appears in official records and other contemporary sources.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 18, 25, 248
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 247
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 73, 122
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 438
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 968
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 369
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 283
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 291
   Murray, History of Chess, page 881
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 54, 160
   Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 219
Periodicals
   [BaH], 22 Nov. 1872
   [BDE], vol. 33, no. 289, 4 Dec. 1872, page 1
   [BDE], vol. 33, no. 307, 26 Dec. 1872, page 3
   [BLL], 19 Sep. 1852, page 8
   [BLL], 13 Feb. 1853, page 7
   [BLL], no. 2536, 11 Dec. 1869, page 3
   [BLL], no. 2733, 16 Nov. 1872, page 8
   [CPC], vol. 3, no. 6, Dec. 1872, page 185
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 12, Dec. 1872, page 355
   [Era], vol. 35, no. 1784, 1 Dec. 1872, page 4
   [HCM], vol. 1, no. 4, Jan. 1873, page 74
   [HWT], 8 Feb. 1873
   [ILN], vol. 5, no. 139, 28 Dec. 1844, page 416
   [ILN], vol. 61, no. 1733, 23 Nov. 1872, page 503
   [IZL], vol. 8, no. 196, 3 Apr. 1847, page 224
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 12, July 1850, page 183
   [NR], vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 1864, page 2
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 17, 1 Dec. 1872, page 132
   [Pal], vol. 5, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1845, page 30
   [Phil], vol. 1, no. 3, Feb. 1838, page 120
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1850, page 231
   [Sis], vol. 1, 1847, page 96
   [Sis], vol. 5, no. 12, 1872, page 370
   [ST], no. 2589, 24 Nov. 1872, page 8
   [Str], vol. 5, no. 11, 15 Nov. 1872, page 321
   [Str], vol. 5, no. 12, 15 Dec. 1872, page 353
   [WP], vol. 5, no. 8, 2 Dec. 1872, page 111
Web
   Alberti, Marco A.  [Pierre Charles Fournier Saint-Amant]
   Harding, Tim.  [The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)], page 2
   Metzner, Paul.  [Philidor and the Café de la Régence Chess Masters]
   Sarah.  [Saint Amant]
   Sarah.  [Saint Amant]
   Sarah.  [Saint Amant]
   Sarah.  [William Schlumberger]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Obituaries], page 3
   Walker, George.  [Excerpt from 'The Café de la Régence']
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 12073. Saint-Amant]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 7609. Saint-Amant's death.]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Calmant 1823         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - de Rivoire 1825         (c)     1.5   -   1.5
Boncourt, H.H. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1834         (f)     15   -   10
Mouret, J.F. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1835         (s)     3   -   2
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Foy 1835         (c)     6.5   -   0.5
Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1836         (c)     1.5   -   1.5      Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Walker, G. (1) 1836         (c)     5.5   -   3.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Frazer, W. 1836         (c)     2   -   1
Boncourt, H.H. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1839         (c)     4   -   6
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1840         (c)     1.5   -   1.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1841         (c)     2   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Walker, G. (1) 1842         (c)     1   -   0
Cochrane, J. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1842         (c)     6.5   -   4.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Wyvill, M. 1842         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1842         (c)     1   -   0      Deschapelles, A.L.H.L. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1842         (c)     11   -   1
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Perigal, G. 1843         (c)     1   -   1
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Evans, W.D. 1843         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Taverner 1843         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Staunton, H. 1843 (1)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Bryan, T.J. 1843 (1)         (f)     8.5   -   11.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and three moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rousseau, E. 1843         (c)     4.5   -   1.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Staunton, H. 1843 (2)         (f)     8   -   13
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Bryan, T.J. 1843 (2)         (c)     5   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and three moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Carle 1843         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Buckle, H.T. 1843         (s)     0   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Schulten, J.W. 1844         (s)     19   -   5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rieutord 1845         (c)     5.5   -   4.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Legris de la Salle 1845         (c)     2.5   -   1.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Faye, E. 1845         (c)     3   -   2      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Gombaud, L. 1845         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Poisson 1845         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rhodes, J. 1846         (c)     0   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Walker, G. (1) 1846         (c)     0   -   1
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Spreckley, G.S. 1846         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Perigal, G. 1846         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1846         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Horwitz, B. 1846         (c)     1   -   1
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Rieutord 1846         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Faye, E. 1846         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Gombaud, L. 1846         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Greville, B.J. 1846         (f)     1.5   -   3.5      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Newham, S. 1847         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Medley, G.W. 1847         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of a knight
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Dumoncheau 1849         (c)     1   -   0      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Salmon, G. 1850         (c)     1   -   0
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Newham, S. 1850         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Stanley, C.H. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1852         (c)     4   -   4
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Perrin, F. 1852         (s)     1   -   1      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - O'Sullivan, J.L. 1855         (f)     22.5   -   4.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Medley, G.W. 1856         (c)     0   -   2      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and move
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Worrall, T.H. 1856         (s)     24   -   26      de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Cochrane, J. - de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. 1870         (c)     1   -   1

Tournament data

Birmingham and London, England 1858     2nd British Chess Association Congress    
  de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Beetlestone     2 - 0    
  de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Falkbeer, E.K.     1 - 2    
London, England 1870 (1)     Westminster Club - City of London Club Match    
  de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Watts, J.J.     1 - 0    

Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026