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Encyclopedia > Jean Dufresne
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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 books, one of which, Kleines Lehrbuch des Schachspiels (1881) ran to many editions and taught several generations of players. He also wrote a popular book on Paul Morphy. Jump to: navigation, search February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ... Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (July 6, 1818 - March 13, 1879) was a famous German chess master, one of the most renowned of the classic masters of 19th century chess. ... The evergreen game is a famous chess game played in 1852 by Adolf Anderssen and Jean Dufresne. ... Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 - July 10, 1884), The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his time, an unofficial World Champion and, is considered by many, including some grandmasters (see below) the greatest chessplayer who has ever lived. ...


Although he had a negative record against Anderssen, he had a plus record against Daniel Harrwitz, who in turn had a plus record against Anderssen. Here is his win against Harrwitz in Berlin in 1848 (moves given in Algebraic chess notation): Daniel Harrwitz (1823 - 1884) was a German chess master. ... Berlin ( ♫), IPA: , is the capital of Germany and its largest city; down from 4. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Algebraic chess notation is the method used today by all competition chess organizations and most books, magazines, and newspapers to record and describe the play of chess games. ...


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Bb2 Nf6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nd5 13.Rd1 Be6 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Nc3 Ne7 16.Ng5 Ng6 17.Nxh7 Kxh7 18.Nxd5 Qg5 19.Rd3 c6 20.Rh3+ Kg8 21.Rg3 Qh4 22.Nf6+ gxf6 23.Rxg6+ fxg6 24.Qxg6+ Kh8 25.exf6 Rf7 26.Qxf7 Rg8 27.Kh1 Qg4 28.Rg1 Bxf2 29.Qe8 Kh7 30.f7 1-0


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CTV.ca | Prominent Quebec journalist Jean-V. Dufresne dead of cardiac arrest (319 words)
Dufresne also wrote: ``Where Pierre Trudeau was all plane geometry, the pure esthetic of the straight line, Robert Bourassa is the arabesque of the pretzel.
Dufresne was awarded the Jules Fournier Prize in 1989 for his exemplary contribution to the French language.
Dufresne married art teacher Helene Gagne in 1954 and although they divorced in 1970, their relationship survived the birth of his son, Alexis, to Quebec singer Louise Forestier.
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