Louis Eichborn

Louis Theodor Eichborn (* 1812 in Breslau, † May 9, 1882 ) was a German banker and chess players.

Life

Eichborn came from an illustrious family of merchants. His father was Johann Wolfgang Moritz - Eichborn (1762-1837), his mother Juliane Friederike Eichborn ( 1775-1832 ). He had three siblings. In 1827 he joined his father's company, in 1835 a partner and after his father's death, his successor. The company had numerous business in Silesia, including in the field of metallurgy, the textile industry and the railroad. In 1845 he founded a private bank was authorized to issue banknotes. He bore the title of a Commercial, from 1848 he was a merchant elder in Wroclaw. He had a son Heinrich Philipp (1844-1926), who became his successor.

Chess players

In chess Eichborn was an amateur and did not participate in tournaments, but played numerous free games against famous players, including the also living in Wroclaw Adolf Anderssen and Tassilo von der Lasa and Heydebrand. He recorded his won games handwritten in a notebook that was found in his estate. Some of these were published in 1886 by Max Lange in the German chess magazine. 36 games against Anderssen, played between October 1851 and March 1859, were published by Hermann von Gottschall in which Anderssen biography. In them Eichborn proves to be a solid player who was able to fend off attacks incorrectly carried forward Anderssen. However Anderssen took this " fast entertainment games played " ( Gottschall ) clearly not serious, so they have more historical than chess value. In addition, the number of games Eichborn loss is not known, it is likely to have been markedly higher.

The rediscovery Eichborn

Eichborn was completely out in the chess world into oblivion, when suddenly tricked him beginning of the millennium private calculations for historical Elo rating as the strongest player of all time. Because of him, but almost only victories have been handed down against one of the strongest players of his time, this is not surprising.