Vitzthum von Eckstädt, Conrad




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1846  35  2389 (89) 8
1847  25  2422 (80) 18
1848  26  2422 (79) 22
1849  30  2420 (78) 0
1850  30  2419 (77) 0
1851  37  2417 (73) 1
1852  36  2418 (68) 0
1853  40  2419 (61) 11
1854  38  2412 (65) 0
1855  42  2405 (65) 0
1856  39  2399 (63) 0
1857  45  2392 (56) 45
1858  53  2379 (64) 0
1859  58  2367 (68) 0
1860  70  2355 (69) 4
1861  72  2359 (70) 8
1862  62  2366 (75) 0
1863  57  2373 (77) 0
1864  53  2380 (78) 3
1865  55  2372 (82) 0
1866  60  2365 (84) 0
1867  64  2358 (85) 4
1868  73  2340 (93) 0
1869  85  2323 (99) 0
1870  90  2306 (105) 0
1871  103  2289 (110) 0
1872  120  2272 (114) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Vitzthum von Eckstädt, Conrad Woldemar  
   Also known as: Count Conrad Woldemar Vitzthum von Eckstädt; Whisthum; Wisthum; Witzhum; Count Fitzthum; Baron Vitszum; Visthum; Vitzthune
Born: 27 Aug. 1802
Died: 15 Dec. 1875
 
Notes:
Hooper and Whyld (1st ed.) have death year 1873 but correct it to 1875 in their 2nd edition. The Magdeburger Schachzeitung of Apr. 1849 (p.53) has 'Vitzthum v. Eckstein'.
 
References
Books
   Dubois and Tonetti, Il Primo Torneo Nazionale, page XXI
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 447
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 543, 581
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 373
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 228, 442
   Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 312, 313
   Minckwitz, Neunte Rheinische Schachcongress, page 3
   Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 232
   Winter, A Chess Omnibus, page 67
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 23
Periodicals
   [BLL], 8 Feb. 1846, page 6
   [BLL], 22 Mar. 1846, page 3
   [BLL], 3 May 1846, page 6
   [BLL], 28 Mar. 1847, page 8
   [BLL], 13 June 1847, page 5
   [BLL], 6 Aug. 1848, page 5
   [BLL], 10 Oct. 1852, page 8
   [BLL], no. 2731, 2 Nov. 1872, page 11
   [CPC], vol. 8, no. 12, 20 Mar. 1847, page 90
   [CPC], vol. 8, no. 16, 17 Apr. 1847, page 123
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 1863, page 164
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 5, 1 May 1867, page 157
   [Era], vol. 18, no. 902, 6 Jan. 1856, page 13
   [Era], vol. 18, no. 920, 11 May 1856, page 12
   [Era], vol. 30, no. 1513, 22 Sep. 1867, page 7
   [ILN], vol. 10, no. 259, 17 Apr. 1847, page 250
   [ILN], vol. 41, no. 1166, 27 Sep. 1862, page 355
   [IZL], vol. 44, no. 1135, 1 Apr. 1865, page 222
   [MaSZ], vol. 1, no. 4, Apr. 1849, page 53
   [Pal], vol. 4, no. 7, 15 July 1844, page 330
   [Pal], vol. 6, no. 1, 15 Jan. 1846, page 19
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1850, page 175
   [RSI], vol. 2, no. 6, June 1901, page 168
   [SZ], vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1847, page 44
   [SZ], vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1849, page 457
   [SZ], vol. 5, no. 6, June 1850, page 208
   [SZ], vol. 14, no. 2, Feb. 1859, page 51
   [SZ], vol. 16, no. 10, Oct. 1861, page 333
   [SZ], vol. 20, no. 1, Jan. 1865, page 21
   [SZ], vol. 22, no. 12, 15 Sep. 1867, page 283
   [SZ], vol. 24, no. 7, July 1869, page 202
   [WSZ], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1855, page 55
Web
   Nizzola, Alessandro.  [The Discart-Bonetti Chess Match, 1863] (broken)
   van Reek, Jan.  [German Chess Congresses]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa], page 4
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Wigand, O. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1846         (f)     4.5   -   3.5
Matschego, J. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1847         (c)     2.5   -   1.5
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - von der Goltz, A.F. 1847         (c)     4   -   1
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Wigand, O. 1847         (f)     5.5   -   2.5
Silberschmidt, H.H. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1847         (c)     1   -   0
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Weber (1) 1848         (c)     6   -   5
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Brunner, G.A. 1848         (c)     6   -   5
Szen, J. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1851         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
von der Lasa, T. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1853         (c)     1   -   0
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Mayet, C. 1853         (f)     4   -   3
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Dufresne, J. 1853         (f)     1.5   -   1.5
Dubois, S. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1857 (1)         (c)     12   -   0
Dubois, S. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1857 (2)         (c)     22.5   -   10.5
Kliefoth, A. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1860         (c)     3.5   -   0.5
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Wulfing, O. 1861         (f)     2   -   2
Pflaum, O. - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1861         (f)     1   -   0
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Schwenkenberg, F. 1861         (f)     1   -   1
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Schnitzler, G. 1861         (f)     1   -   0
Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Schlieper, A. 1861         (f)     3   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. 1872         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Paris 1846     Café de la Régence - Cercle de Paris match    
  Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Sasias     0 - 1    
Dusseldorf 1864 (1)     4th West German Chess Congress    
  Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Schnitzler, G.     1 - 0    
  Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Schwengers, P.J.A.     1 - 0    
  Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Lange, Max     0 - 1    
Cologne 1867 (4)     6th West German Chess Congress - Meisterturnier     2  /  3
  Vitzthum von Eckstadt, C.W. - Paulsen, W.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2026