Horwitz, Bernhard




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1838  12  2479 (95) 2
1839  12  2489 (91) 0
1840  10  2499 (85) 0
1841  10  2510 (78) 0
1842  11  2520 (68) 12
1843  13  2508 (64) 12
1844  11  2510 (62) 0
1845  14  2513 (56) 1
1846  11  2529 (45) 50
1847  10  2521 (54) 0
1848  11  2512 (56) 0
1849  17  2503 (51) 15
1850  19  2491 (50) 10
1851  20  2481 (42) 37
1852  23  2454 (44) 26
1853  28  2441 (55) 0
1854  29  2429 (59) 0
1855  34  2416 (58) 7
1856  40  2394 (62) 0
1857  49  2372 (62) 8
1858  52  2371 (65) 0
1859  56  2370 (65) 0
1860  61  2369 (61) 4
1861  63  2367 (57) 13
1862  68  2351 (65) 0
1863  71  2335 (70) 5
1864  87  2320 (80) 0
1865  96  2305 (89) 0
1866  100  2290 (96) 0
1867  109  2275 (103) 0
1868  119  2260 (108) 0
1869  128  2245 (113) 0
1870  135  2230 (117) 0
1871  152  2215 (121) 0
1872  163  2200 (125) 0
1873  174  2185 (128) 0
1874  191  2170 (130) 0
1875  211  2155 (133) 0
1876  223  2140 (135) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Horwitz, Bernhard  
   Also known as: Benjamin Horwitz
Born: 10 May 1807
Died: 29 Aug. 1885
 
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'.
 
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
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 100
Periodicals
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 8, 18 Dec. 1841, page 125
   [CPC], vol. 6, no. 12, Dec. 1845, page 385
   [CPC], vol. 8, no. 25, 19 June 1847, page 192
   [CPM], vol. 1, no. 2, Aug. 1863, page 58
   [Era], vol. 17, no. 876, 8 July 1855, page 6
   [ILN], vol. 7, no. 185, 15 Nov. 1845, page 320
   [ILN], vol. 8, no. 210, 9 May 1846, page 306
   [ILN], vol. 8, no. 211, 16 May 1846, page 326
   [SZ], vol. 1, no. 1, July 1846, page 2
   [SZ], vol. 1, no. 5, Nov. 1846, page 160
   [SZ], vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 1849, page 7
   [SZ], vol. 6, no. 6, June 1851, page 234
   [SZ], vol. 12, no. 4, Apr. 1857, page 114
   [SZ], vol. 12, no. 5, May 1857, page 145
   [WP], vol. 2, no. 6, Oct. 1869, page 83
   [WP], vol. 2, no. 7, 1 Nov. 1869, page 100
   [WSZ], vol. 1, no. 3, Mar. 1855, 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]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Bledow, L.E. - Horwitz, B. 1838         (c)     1   -   1
Horwitz, B. - Popert, W.M. 1842         (f)     6   -   6
Horwitz, B. - Alexandre, A. 1843         (c)     7.5   -   4.5
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. (1) - Horwitz, B. 1852         (f)     9.5   -   7.5
Lowenthal, J.J. - Horwitz, B. 1852         (c)     4   -   1
Horwitz, B. - Wayte, W. 1852 (1)         (s)     1   -   1      Horwitz, B. gave odds of pawn and move
Horwitz, B. - Wayte, W. 1852 (2)         (s)     0   -   2      Horwitz, B. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Horwitz, B. - Green, V. 1855         (f)     4   -   3      Horwitz, B. gave odds of pawn and move
Horwitz, B. - Ralli, D. 1857         (f)     4   -   3
Kolisch, I. - Horwitz, B. 1860         (f)     3   -   1
Paulsen, L. - Horwitz, B. 1861         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Blackburne, J.H. - Horwitz, B. 1863         (f)     3   -   2

Tournament data

London, England 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, England 1851 (3)     London Chess Club International Tournament     0.5  /  2
Manchester 1857 (1)     1st British Chess Association Congress    
  Horwitz, B. - Lowenthal, J.J.     0 - 1    
Manchester 1861 (1)     Manchester Chess Club Tournament - 1st Class    
  Horwitz, B. - Stanley, C.H.     3 - 1    
  Horwitz, B. - Pindar, E.D.     1.5 - 3.5    
Bristol and London, England 1861     Bristol - London telegraph match    
  Horwitz, B. - Healey, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Bristol 1861 (1)     4th British Chess Association Congress - Grand Tournament    
  Horwitz, B. - Boden, S.S.     0 - 1    
London, England 1876 (15)     City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match    
  Horwitz, B. - Watts, J.J.     0 - 1          Horwitz, B. gave odds of a knight
London, England 1881 (4)     City of London Club First Class - Fourth Class Match    
  Horwitz, B. - Blunt, M.D.     1 - 0          Horwitz, B. gave odds of a knight

Player information updated: 2 Oct. 2023