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Jean Dufresne

Number of games in database: 39
Years covered: 1847 to 1868
Overall record: +7 -30 =2 (20.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

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 Evans Gambit (10) 
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 Evans Gambit (7) 
    C52
 King's Gambit Declined (4) 
    C30
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   Dufresne vs Harrwitz, 1847 1-0
   Dufresne vs von der Lasa, 1857 1-0
   Dufresne vs Anderssen, 1851 1-0


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JEAN DUFRESNE
(born Feb-14-1829, died Apr-15-1893, 64 years old) Germany

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Jean Ephraim Dufresne was born in Berlin. A pupil of the famous Adolf Anderssen, he soon became a well-known chess teacher himself. In 1881, he published Kleines Lehrbuch des Schachspiels, a beginner's manual to chess that was popular for many years in Germany. Today, he is best remembered for his role in the "Evergreen Game" (Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852), which he lost to Anderssen.

Wikipedia article: Jean Dufresne

Last updated: 2020-09-11 04:30:41

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Dufresne vs Harrwitz 1-0301847BerlinC51 Evans Gambit
2. Anderssen vs Dufresne 1-0281851Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
3. Dufresne vs Anderssen 0-1211851Casual gameC45 Scotch Game
4. E Kossak vs Dufresne 1-0191851Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
5. Dufresne vs Anderssen  0-1331851Casual gameC50 Giuoco Piano
6. Anderssen vs Dufresne  ½-½451851Casual gameB44 Sicilian
7. Anderssen vs Dufresne  1-0441851Casual gameC56 Two Knights
8. Dufresne vs Anderssen 0-1461851Casual gameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
9. Anderssen vs Dufresne 0-1321851Casual gameC39 King's Gambit Accepted
10. Dufresne vs Anderssen 0-1191851Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
11. Dufresne vs Anderssen 0-1351851Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
12. Dufresne vs Anderssen ½-½491851Casual gameC01 French, Exchange
13. Anderssen vs Dufresne 0-1421851Casual gameC30 King's Gambit Declined
14. Anderssen vs Dufresne 1-0311851Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
15. Dufresne vs Anderssen 0-1231851Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
16. Anderssen vs Dufresne 1-0231851Casual gameC30 King's Gambit Declined
17. Anderssen vs Dufresne 1-0261851Casual gameA83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
18. Dufresne vs Anderssen 0-1341851Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
19. Dufresne vs Anderssen 0-1241851Casual gameC37 King's Gambit Accepted
20. Dufresne vs Anderssen 1-0351851Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
21. Dufresne vs Falkbeer  0-1511851Casual gameC50 Giuoco Piano
22. Dufresne vs Falkbeer  1-0261851Casual gameC50 Giuoco Piano
23. Falkbeer vs Dufresne  1-0361851Casual gameB20 Sicilian
24. Falkbeer vs Dufresne  1-0281851Casual gameC44 King's Pawn Game
25. Anderssen vs Dufresne 1-0201852Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
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May-01-04  iron maiden: Is this guy remembered for anything other than being comprehensively thrashed by Anderssen in the Evergreen Game?
May-01-04  Bitzovich: I believe that he was a reporter in a Paris newspaper at one point in time .
Dec-03-04  Knight13: A little history of this player is recorded:

Jean Dufresne (February 14, 1829 - 1893) was a German chess player. He was a pupil of Adolf Anderssen, and lost the "Evergreen game" to him in 1852. He wrote several chess manuals, one of which is still being sold 100 years later.

Dec-03-04  Knight13: He beat the German Chess master Harrwitz. Harrwitz was a pretty good player. Can't believe he lost.
Apr-28-05  The Bloop: From "The Fireside Book of Chess"

In the eighth edition of a popular manual by Dufresne and Mieses, the following line of play is given:

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d4 7. Nd5 Na6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. e3 Ne7

In this situation, the author's comment is, "Black has the superior position." What the analysts overlooked is the fact that White can mate on the move!

Jan-22-06  WMD: I believe his real name was E.S.Freund. Yes, it's an anagram.
Jan-30-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: In that crappy film The Shawshank Redemption Tim Robbins plays a character called Andy Dufresne. Perhaps his first name was Anderssen.
Jan-30-06  mymt: I thought it was Andy Dufrey.
Jan-30-06  Caissanist: < I believe his real name was E.S.Freund. Yes, it's an anagram.> Andy Soltis made this claim in his book <Chess Lists>. According to Taylor Kingston, however, it was Dufresne that was the real name and Freund the pseudonym (he cites the Oxford Companion of Chess as a source). http://www.chesscafe.com/text/revie...
Jan-30-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: It is definitely Andy Dufresne; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/ Has anyone read the short story of this execrable film, by Stephen King - perhaps that gives his full name.
Feb-14-06  BIDMONFA: Jean Dufresne

DUFRESNE, Jean
http://www.bidmonfa.com/dufresne_je...
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Feb-14-06
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  Benzol: Was he born on February 2nd or February 14th?
Feb-21-06  babakova: I always come to think of Mitch Hedberg when I see the name Dufresne..
Dec-25-06  BIDMONFA: Jean Dufresne

Jean Dufresne died 15 april
http://www.bidmonfa.com/dufresne_je...
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Apr-18-07  vonKrolock: Almost all the best material about him currently on-line is found only in German: a chessbase interview with A. Saremba http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten... or this article, following also the archeological adventure of discovering and restorating his grave http://www.berlinerschachverband.de... In English, the report of a spectacular chess excursion, that started with a ceremony in Dufresne's honor http://www.kwabc.org/Homepage-UK/Be...
Aug-14-07  lentil: <offramp>: imo, the shawshank redemption was a great film.
Aug-14-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: For an "execrable" film, it did very well. It received various Oscar nominations and won some awards.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161...

Mar-27-09  WhiteRook48: why don't they add April 15 to the 1893 as the death date? Or maybe they don't want to remember tax day or Lincoln's death?
May-06-09  Marmot PFL: Out of 44 games by Dufresne, 15 are losses in under 30 moves. I doubt anyone on this site besides "NN" could top that.
Oct-25-13  RedShield: Anyone know the correct pronunciation of Dufresne? I had in mind Du-fres-nay, but in the film <Charlie Chan in Paris>, a character of that name is routinely pronounced Du-frane.
Oct-25-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingfu: Du-frane would be correct. Think Shawshank Redemption. Main character: Andy Dufresne.

Warden: "Am I blind Haig?

Hade: "No, Sir"

Warden (turning to Hadley): "What about you? You Blind? What's this?

Hadley: "Last night's count."

Warden: "Right. There's Dufresne (Dufrane) right there. He was in his cell at lights out. I want him found. Not after breakfast. Now!"

Oct-25-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <offramp>: Terrific novella, same as all the others from <Different Seasons>. Three of the four were made into films, the exception being <The Breathing Method>.

To corroborate <kingfu>: du-FRANE is the correct pronunciation. Had a high school classmate with the same last name who pronounced it thus.

In a piece of irony, his forename was Andrew, but he never went by that-always used his middle name.

Oct-25-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingfu: There is also a university called Duquesne. And it is pronounce Du-Kane.

The French have a different word for everything

Oct-26-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: <perfidious> Stephen King is a fantastic writer. I have a feeling that Americans don't quit appreciate him enough; a bit like Jerry Lewis. I also like most of the films that have been made from his many stories - but not that overblown codswallop The Shawshank Redemption.

But I am sure the name of that story's lead character was taken from this chessplayer. It helps to give the story an Evergreen complexion.

Oct-27-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: In my mind I always pronounce his name as Du-frez-nee. He was a German, not a Frenchman. A Frenchman with the same surname might pronounce it as Du-frayn but that is between a Frenchman and his conscience.

Proper names change pronunciation dramatically. Think of how the French say Detroit.

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