Horwitz, Bernhard
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1842 |
10 |
2511 | (76) | 12 |
| 1843 |
12 |
2512 | (73) | 0 |
| 1844 |
12 |
2513 | (68) | 0 |
| 1845 |
13 |
2514 | (59) | 1 |
| 1846 |
10 |
2528 | (46) | 50 |
| 1847 |
10 |
2517 | (55) | 0 |
| 1848 |
10 |
2507 | (56) | 0 |
| 1849 |
15 |
2496 | (51) | 15 |
| 1850 |
17 |
2484 | (51) | 10 |
| 1851 |
22 |
2472 | (42) | 37 |
| 1852 |
24 |
2445 | (46) | 22 |
| 1853 |
26 |
2434 | (56) | 0 |
| 1854 |
26 |
2424 | (59) | 0 |
| 1855 |
28 |
2414 | (58) | 7 |
| 1856 |
35 |
2393 | (62) | 0 |
| 1857 |
43 |
2372 | (62) | 8 |
| 1858 |
43 |
2372 | (65) | 0 |
| 1859 |
49 |
2372 | (65) | 0 |
| 1860 |
52 |
2372 | (61) | 4 |
| 1861 |
49 |
2371 | (57) | 13 |
| 1862 |
55 |
2356 | (65) | 0 |
| 1863 |
61 |
2340 | (70) | 5 |
| 1864 |
64 |
2325 | (80) | 0 |
| 1865 |
71 |
2310 | (89) | 0 |
| 1866 |
80 |
2295 | (96) | 0 |
| 1867 |
86 |
2281 | (103) | 0 |
| 1868 |
89 |
2266 | (108) | 0 |
| 1869 |
95 |
2251 | (113) | 0 |
| 1870 |
104 |
2236 | (118) | 0 |
| 1871 |
113 |
2221 | (122) | 0 |
| 1872 |
122 |
2206 | (125) | 0 |
| 1873 |
139 |
2192 | (128) | 0 |
| 1874 |
151 |
2177 | (131) | 0 |
| 1875 |
161 |
2162 | (134) | 0 |
| 1876 |
179 |
2147 | (136) | 1 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Horwitz, Bernhard |
| Also known as: Benjamin Horwitz |
| Born: 10 May 1807 |
| Died: 29 Aug. 1885 |
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| Notes: |
| Hooper and Whyld have birth year 1808. Gaige has birth date '10-05-1807?'. Negele confirms that 1807 is correct. According to Negele, he was born 'Benjamin Horwitz' and it is not clear when he changed his first name to 'Bernhard'. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 50 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 263 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 82 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 180 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 144 |
| Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 48, 327 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 30, 94, 94, 576 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 147 |
| Murray, History of Chess, page 883 |
| Renette and Zavatarelli, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle, page 16, 19 |
| Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 59, 172, 199 |
| Periodicals |
| [CPC], vol. 2, 18 Dec. 1841, page 125 |
| [CPC], vol. 6, Dec. 1845, page 385 |
| [CPC], vol. 8, 19 June 1847, page 192 |
| [CPM], vol. 1, Aug. 1863, page 58 |
| [Era], vol. 17, 8 July 1855, page 6 |
| [ILN], vol. 7, 15 Nov. 1845, page 320 |
| [ILN], vol. 8, 9 May 1846, page 306 |
| [ILN], vol. 8, 16 May 1846, page 326 |
| [WP], vol. 2, Oct. 1869, page 83 |
| [WP], vol. 2, 1 Nov. 1869, page 100 |
| Web |
| Harding, Tim. [The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)], page 5 |
| Hoppe, Frank. [Schach in Berlin und die «Plejaden»] (broken) |
| Murray, H.J.R. [Howard Staunton by H.J.R. Murray] |
| Negele, Michael. [Ein Mecklenburger Jude schuf die Grundlage der modernen Endspieltheorie] |
| Sarah. [The Pleiades] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dell'800] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Horwitz, B. - Popert, W.M. 1842 |
(f) |
6 | - | 6 |
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| Horwitz, B. - O'Sullivan, J.L. 1845 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Staunton, H. - Horwitz, B. 1846 |
(f) |
15.5 | - | 8.5 |
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| de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Horwitz, B. 1846 |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Horwitz, B. 1846 |
(f) |
7.5 | - | 4.5 |
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| Harrwitz, D. - Horwitz, B. 1846 |
(f) |
6.5 | - | 5.5 |
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| Harrwitz, D. - Horwitz, B. 1849 |
(f) |
8 | - | 7 |
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| Horwitz, B. - Greenaway, F.E. 1850 |
(f) |
4 | - | 6 |
Horwitz, B. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Horwitz, B. - Bird, H.E. 1851 |
(f) |
9 | - | 5 |
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| Horwitz, B. - Hodges, W. 1851 |
(f) |
4 | - | 2 |
Horwitz, B. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Williams, E. (1) - Horwitz, B. 1852 |
(f) |
9.5 | - | 7.5 |
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| Lowenthal, J.J. - Horwitz, B. 1852 |
(c) |
4 | - | 1 |
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| Horwitz, B. - Green, V. 1855 |
(f) |
4 | - | 3 |
Horwitz, B. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Horwitz, B. - Ralli, D. 1857 |
(f) |
4 | - | 3 |
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| Kolisch, I. - Horwitz, B. 1860 |
(f) |
3 | - | 1 |
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| Paulsen, L. - Horwitz, B. 1861 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Blackburne, J.H. - Horwitz, B. 1863 |
(f) |
3 | - | 2 |
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Tournament data
| London, England 1851 (1) |
The International Chess Tournament |
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Horwitz, B. - Bird, H.E. |
2.5 - 1.5 |
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Horwitz, B. - Staunton, H. |
2.5 - 4.5 |
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Horwitz, B. - Szen, J. |
0 - 4 |
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| London, England 1851 (3) |
London Chess Club Tournament |
0.5 | / | 2 |
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| Manchester 1857 (1) |
1st British Chess Association Congress |
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Horwitz, B. - Lowenthal, J.J. |
0 - 1 |
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| Manchester 1861 (1) |
Manchester Chess Club Tournament - 1st Class |
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Horwitz, B. - Stanley, C.H. |
3 - 1 |
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Horwitz, B. - Pindar, E.D. |
1.5 - 3.5 |
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| Bristol and London, England 1861 |
Bristol - London telegraph match |
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Horwitz, B. - Healey, F. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Bristol 1861 (1) |
4th British Chess Association Congress - Grand Tournament |
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Horwitz, B. - Boden, S.S. |
0 - 1 |
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| London, England 1876 (10) |
City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match |
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Horwitz, B. - Watts, J.J. |
0 - 1 |
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Horwitz, B. gave odds of a knight |
| London, England 1881 (3) |
City of London Club First Class - Fourth Class Match |
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Horwitz, B. - Blunt, M.D. |
1 - 0 |
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Horwitz, B. gave odds of a knight |
| Player information updated: 5 May 2020 |
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