Karl Pitschel

{{short description|Austrian chess player (1829–1883)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} '''Karl (Carl) Pitschel''' (1829 – 29 January 1883) was an Austrian chess master.

He took 4th at Krefeld 1871 (the 9th Western DSB Congress, Louis Paulsen won),<ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1871Krefeld.htm Krefeld]. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.</ref> took 4th at Leipzig 1871 (the 1st Middle DSB Congress, Adolf Anderssen won),<ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1871Leipzig.htm Leipzig]. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.</ref> took 5th at Altona 1872 (the 3rd Northern DSB Congress, Anderssen won),<ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1872Altona.htm Altona]. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.</ref> took 12th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won),<ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1873Wien.htm Vienna]. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.</ref> shared 1st with Anderssen and Carl Goering at Leipzig 1876 (the 2nd MDSB Congress),<ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1876leipzig.htm Leipzig]. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.</ref> took 12th in the Paris 1878 chess tournament (Johannes Zukertort and Szymon Winawer won),<ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1878paris.htm Paris]. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.</ref> and tied for 6–7th at Leipzig 1879 (the 1st DSB Congress, Berthold Englisch won).<ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1879leipzig.htm Leipzig]. Xoomer.virgilio.it. Retrieved 20 October 2011.</ref> Pitschel withdrew after three rounds and his games were not counted in the official results at Berlin 1881 (the 2nd DSB Congress).<ref>[http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/chronik/1881/kongress/index.html Berliner Schachverband :: 2.DSB-Kongreß in Berlin 29.08.-17.09.1881] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120720081908/http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/chronik/1881/kongress/index.html |date=20 July 2012 }}. Berlinerschachverband.de. Retrieved 20 October 2011.</ref>

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