Jean Dufresne (14 February 1829 – 13 April 1893) was a German chess player and chess composer. He was a student of Adolf Anderssen, to whom he lost the "Evergreen game" in 1852.
Life
Dufresne was born and died in Berlin.) ran to many editions and taught several generations of players. In a letter to Paul Dirac at the end of 1929, Werner Heisenberg deemed Dufresne's handbook "the best book about theory of Chess". He also wrote a popular book on Paul Morphy.
His grave is located in the Jewish Cemetery Berlin-Weißensee.
Notable games
Dufresne took first in the Berliner Schachgesellschaft in 1853