| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1880 | 158 | 2218 | (180) | 4 |  
  | 1881 | 172 | 2220 | (180) | 0 |  
  | 1882 | 179 | 2222 | (180) | 0 |  
  | 1883 | 198 | 2224 | (181) | 0 |  
  | 1884 | 209 | 2226 | (181) | 0 |  
  | 1885 | 209 | 2228 | (181) | 0 |  
  | 1886 | 215 | 2230 | (181) | 0 |  
  | 1887 | 217 | 2232 | (181) | 0 |  
  | 1888 | 216 | 2234 | (181) | 0 |  
  | 1889 | 212 | 2236 | (181) | 1 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Spitzer, Lipót |  | Also known as: Dr. Lipót Spitzer |  
   | Born: 1834 |  
   | Died: Aug. 1891 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Barcza says that he was 57 when he died in Aug. 1891, so he was born in 1833 or 1834. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 129, 131, 137, 143, 159 |  
   | Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 39 |  
   | Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 14 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [AlSZ], vol. 3, no. 4, 26 Jan. 1882, page 72 |  
   | [AlSZ], vol. 3, no. 6, 9 Feb. 1882, page 107 |  
   | [BLL], 30 Oct. 1859, page 3 |  
   | [BLL], 13 Nov. 1859, page 3 |  
   | [Sis], vol. 9, 1865, page 143 |  
   | [SZ], vol. 12, no. 6, June 1857, page 192 |  
   | [SZ], vol. 15, no. 7, July 1860, page 247 |  |  |