Career
He lost matches against de Rivière (+4 –9 =2) at Paris 1859, and Adolf Anderssen (+1 –3 =1) at Paris 1860. Among others, he played an equal match with Alexander Petrov at Paris 1863. He was an editor of several chess periodicals: Louisiana Régence (1860), Louisiana Nouvelle Régence (1861–1864), Le Palamède Français (1864), and Le Sphinx (1865–1867).