Edo Historical Chess Ratings



Horwitz, Bernhard





Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1845  14  2449 (64) 1
1846  12  2478 (48) 50
1847  11  2468 (56) 0
1848  12  2459 (58) 0
1849  15  2450 (53) 15
1850  17  2438 (52) 10
1851  20  2429 (44) 37
1852  23  2403 (47) 22
1853  27  2400 (57) 0
1854  22  2398 (62) 0
1855  20  2396 (62) 7
1856  27  2380 (68) 0
1857  33  2365 (70) 1
1858  36  2363 (72) 0
1859  40  2361 (71) 0
1860  42  2359 (68) 4
1861  43  2354 (67) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Horwitz, Bernhard  
Born: 10 May 1807
Died: 29 Aug. 1885
 
Notes:
Hooper and Whyld have birth year 1808. Gaige has birth date '10-05-1807?'.
 
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
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 147
   Murray, History of Chess, page 883
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 2, 18 Dec. 1841, page 125
   [CPC], vol. 6, Dec. 1845, page 385
   [CPC], vol. 8, 19 June 1847, page 192
   [ILN], vol. 7, 15 Nov. 1845, page 320
   [ILN], vol. 8, 9 May 1846, page 306
   [ILN], vol. 8, 16 May 1846, page 326
Web
   Harding, Tim.  [The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)], page 5
   Hoppe, Frank.  [Schach in Berlin und die «Plejaden»]
   Murray, H.J.R.  [Howard Staunton by H.J.R. Murray]
   Sarah.  [The Pleiades]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Horwitz, B. - O'Sullivan, J.L. 1845         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Staunton, H. - Horwitz, B. 1846         (f)     15.5   -   8.5
de Saint-Amant, P.C.F. - Horwitz, B. 1846         (c)     1   -   1
Kieseritzky, L.A.B.F. - Horwitz, B. 1846         (f)     7.5   -   4.5
Harrwitz, D. - Horwitz, B. 1846         (f)     6.5   -   5.5
Harrwitz, D. - Horwitz, B. 1849         (f)     8   -   7
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
Horwitz, B. - Hodges, W. 1851         (f)     4   -   2      Horwitz, B. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Williams, E. - Horwitz, B. 1852         (f)     9.5   -   7.5
Lowenthal, J.J. - Horwitz, B. 1852         (c)     4   -   1
Horwitz, B. - Green, V. 1855         (f)     4   -   3      Horwitz, B. gave odds of pawn and move
Kolisch, I. - Horwitz, B. 1860         (f)     3   -   1

Tournament data

London 1851 (1)     The International Chess Tournament    
  Horwitz, B. - Bird, H.E.     2.5 - 1.5    
  Horwitz, B. - Staunton, H.     2.5 - 4.5    
  Horwitz, B. - Szen, J.     0 - 4    
London 1851 (3)     London Chess Club Tournament     0.5  /  2
Manchester 1857 (1)     1st British Chess Association Congress    
  Horwitz, B. - Lowenthal, J.J.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1861     Manchester Chess Club Tournament    
  Horwitz, B. - Stanley, C.H.     3 - 1    
  Horwitz, B. - Pindar, E.D.     1.5 - 3.5    
Bristol and London 1861     Bristol - London telegraph match    
  Horwitz, B. - Healey, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bristol 1861     4th British Chess Association Tournament    
  Horwitz, B. - Boden, S.S.     0 - 1