Wigand, O. – Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1846




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Wigand, Otto    2347 (103) 4.5/
Vitzthum von Eckstädt, Conrad    2396 (90) 3.5/
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: Leipzig
Start date: 1846
End date: 1846
 
Notes:
The Deutsche Schachzeitung (edited by Hirschbach) has 'O. W....d' and 'Gr. V.', who are pretty clearly Otto Wigand and Graf Vitzthum. The match was to be out of 7 games, but if I read the report correctly, it says that Wigand ended up one game ahead, that Vitzthum won 3, that one game was drawn, and that Wigand finished with 3 wins in a row. It assume an extra game was needed because the result was tied after 7 games. The report is in the first issue of the Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1847, so I am guessing that this match took place late in 1846.
 
References
Periodicals
   [DSZ], vol. 2, no. 1, 1847, page 14, 19
   [ILN], vol. 10, no. 261, 1 May 1847, page 288

Match page created: 3 Jun. 2023