Pitschel, Karl




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1871  111  2273 (64) 9
1872  118  2267 (58) 4
1873  104  2280 (52) 21
1874  104  2286 (59) 0
1875  109  2292 (60) 0
1876  95  2298 (58) 6
1877  101  2276 (57) 0
1878  116  2253 (50) 22
1879  108  2259 (55) 10
1880  146  2226 (65) 3
1881  189  2205 (75) 3

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Pitschel, Karl  
   Also known as: C. Pitschel
Born: 1828
Died: 29 Jan. 1883
 
Notes:
Gaige gives birth between 30-01-1828 and 29-01-1829. The Era of 23 Apr. 1865 (p.7) has 'Pitchel'. Bell's Life in London of 23 Nov. 1872 (p.10) has 'Putschel'. The Schachzeitung of Nov. 1871 (p.339) and the Leipzig Illustrirte Zeitung of 16 Dec. 1871 (p.470) have 'C. Pitschel'.
 
References
Books
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 332
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 99, 132, 579
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 219
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 313
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 374
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2734, 23 Nov. 1872, page 10
   [CPC], vol. 10, no. 6, June 1849, page 192
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 1863, page 164
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 1872, page 9
   [DSZ], vol. 27, no. 4, Apr. 1872, page 144
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 8, Aug. 1873, page 233
   [DSZ], vol. 28, no. 12, Dec. 1873, page 353
   [Era], vol. 19, no. 970, 26 Apr. 1857, page 14
   [Era], vol. 20, no. 1021, 18 Apr. 1858, page 7
   [Era], vol. 21, no. 1055, 12 Dec. 1858, page 5
   [Era], vol. 25, no. 1276, 8 Mar. 1863, page 5
   [Era], vol. 27, no. 1387, 23 Apr. 1865, page 7
   [Era], vol. 34, no. 1767, 4 Aug. 1872, page 7
   [ILN], vol. 46, no. 1298, 21 Jan. 1865, page 75
   [IZL], vol. 25, no. 627, 7 July 1855, page 30
   [IZL], vol. 29, no. 749, 7 Nov. 1857, page 310
   [IZL], vol. 45, no. 1170, 2 Dec. 1865, page 398
   [IZL], vol. 57, no. 1485, 16 Dec. 1871, page 470
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 7, Feb. 1850, page 112
   [NYC], 29 May 1858
   [OSZ], vol. 1, no. 14, 16 Oct. 1872, page 106
   [Reg], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1849, page 332
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1850, page 175
   [SZ], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1849, page 457
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 5, May 1871, page 159
   [SZ], vol. 26, no. 11, Nov. 1871, page 339
   [WP], vol. 6, no. 4, 1 Aug. 1873, page 67
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

Tournament data

Krefeld 1871 (2)     9th West German Chess Congress - Allgemeines Hauptturnier     2  /  5
Leipzig 1871 (1)     1st Central German Chess Congress - Master Tournament     2  /  5
Altona 1872 (1)     3rd North German Chess Congress - Master Tournament     0  /  4
Vienna 1873 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     5  /  21
Leipzig 1876     2nd Central German Chess Congress     3.5  /  5
  Pitschel, K. - Anderssen, K.E.A.     0 - 1    
  Pitschel, K. - Goring, C.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
Paris 1878     Paris International Chess Congress     2.5  /  22
Leipzig 1879     1st German Chess Federation Tournament     4  /  10
Braunschweig 1880 (1)     13th West German Chess Congress - Meisterturnier     0  /  3
Berlin 1881 (1)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     0  /  3


Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025