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Jules Arnous De Riviere
Number of games in database: 116
Years covered: 1853 to 1883
Overall record: +46 -60 =9 (43.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Evans Gambit (12)      C51 C52  King's Gambit Accepted (7)      C33 C39 C36  Ruy Lopez (7)      C60 C64 C67 C77 C61  King's Pawn Game (5)      C44 C40  Giuoco Piano (5)      C50 C53  Scandinavian (5)      B01	With the Black pieces:  Evans Gambit (11)      C51 C52  King's Gambit Accepted (8)      C38 C33  Giuoco Piano (7)      C50 C53  Two Knights (5)      C55 C59  Ruy Lopez (4)      C66 C78 C65 C84  French Defense (4)      C14 C00 C11

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Morphy vs De Riviere, 1863 0-1
   De Riviere vs H Baucher, 1859 1-0
   De Riviere vs P Journoud, 1860 1-0
   H Laroche vs De Riviere, 1862 0-1
   Morphy vs De Riviere, 1859 0-1
   E D'Andre vs De Riviere, 1867 0-1
   Chigorin vs De Riviere, 1883 0-1
   De Riviere vs Anderssen, 1860 1-0
   De Riviere vs Anderssen, 1860 1/2-1/2
   Loyd vs De Riviere, 1867 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   MORPHY GAMES by gambitfan
   RIVIERE GAMES by gambitfan

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JULES ARNOUS DE RIVIERE (born May-04-1830, died Sep-11-1905) France [what is this?] Jules Arnous de Rivière was a leading French player in the 1850s and 1860s. He played many off-hand games against Paul Morphy from 1858 to 1863. In matches he defeated Johann Jacob Loewenthal (+2, =0, -0) in 1867 and lost to Mikhail Chigorin (+4, =1, -5) in 1883. Rivière's writings included several chess columns and books on billiards and roulette. He also invented many games. Wikipedia article: Jules Arnous de Rivière

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 116  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Tassinari vs De Riviere   1-0 30 1853 Paris C53 Giuoco Piano 2. Dubois vs De Riviere 0-1 48 1855 Paris B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 3. Dubois vs De Riviere 1-0 20 1855 Paris C38 King's Gambit Accepted 4. De Riviere vs Dubois 0-1 16 1855 Paris C33 King's Gambit Accepted 5. Dubois vs De Riviere   ½-½ 42 1855 Paris C50 Giuoco Piano 6. De Riviere vs Dubois 0-1 26 1855 Paris B01 Scandinavian 7. De Riviere vs T W Barnes 0-1 36 1856 London C44 King's Pawn Game 8. H Laroche vs De Riviere   1-0 35 1856 Paris m2 C44 King's Pawn Game 9. Harrwitz vs De Riviere 1-0 26 1856 Paris A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 10. Dubois vs De Riviere   1-0 31 1856 Paris C44 King's Pawn Game 11. Dubois vs De Riviere 1-0 14 1856 Paris m/1 C38 King's Gambit Accepted 12. H Laroche vs De Riviere   1-0 31 1856 Paris m2 A03 Bird's Opening 13. De Riviere vs H Laroche 1-0 31 1856 Paris (France) C52 Evans Gambit 14. De Riviere vs Harrwitz 0-1 21 1856 Paris A03 Bird's Opening 15. De Riviere vs Dubois   0-1 41 1856 Match C33 King's Gambit Accepted 16. De Riviere vs H Laroche 1-0 22 1856 Paris m2 A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 17. J Schulten vs De Riviere   0-1 31 1856 Paris B20 Sicilian 18. Harrwitz vs De Riviere   0-1 35 1856 Paris A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 19. De Riviere vs De Blemer 1-0 42 1858 Match? D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. De Riviere vs De Basterot 0-1 44 1858 BFX unknown C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 21. De Riviere vs Morphy 0-1 44 1858 Paris, C51 Evans Gambit 22. Bird vs De Riviere 1-0 32 1858 ENG C51 Evans Gambit 23. Morphy vs De Riviere 1-0 26 1858 Paris C51 Evans Gambit 24. De Riviere vs Morphy 0-1 47 1858 Paris C51 Evans Gambit 25. De Riviere vs P Journoud   1-0 34 1859 Paris m2 B01 Scandinavian  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 116    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | De Riviere wins | De Riviere loses

Jul-05-05    Knight13: Jules Arnous de Rivière (1830 - 1905) was a French chess player. He was a regular adversary of Paul Morphy. Jul-19-05    Knight13: COOL! Now Chessgames.com has put up a biography for this player. Oct-07-05    AlexanderMorphy: Anyone who could beat Paul Morphy should be regarded as a great player! May-04-08    brankat: According to the Bio, J.A.de Riviere died in 1905, but, miraculously, his chess career continued until 1928! On a serious note, de Riviere defeated Morphy 3 times in the so-called "off-hand" games (according to this database). Also he had wins against A.Anderssen, Chigorin and de Vere. A strong player indeed. May-04-10    mike1: wikepedia does have some more info. link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_... May-04-10    BIDMONFA: Jules Arnous De Riviere DE RIVIERE, Jules Arnous http://www.bidmonfa.com/de_riviere_... _ May-04-13    brankat: R.I.P. master De Riviere. May-04-13    Sneaky: <He also invented many games.> That makes him what is called a "ludographer". Much respect. It takes talent to be able to master a game, but a rare kind of talent to invent games.

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