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Bernhard Horwitz

1807 - 1885

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Bernhard Horwitz (1807 in Neustrelitz – 1885 in London) was a German and British chess master, chess writer and chess composer. Horwitz was born in Neustrelitz and went to school in Berlin, where he studied art. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernhard Horwitz has received more than 37,403 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Horwitz is the 150th most popular chess player (down from 127th in 2019), the 4,320th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,668th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 150 out of 374Before him are István Bilek, Clarice Benini, Vladimir Bagirov, Boris Verlinsky, Eduard Gufeld, and András Adorján. After him are Henrique Mecking, Levente Lengyel, Florin Gheorghiu, Lajos Asztalos, Győző Forintos, and George Koltanowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 44Before him are Joseph Decaisne, Luigi Palmieri, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, David Rice Atchison, Robert McClure, and Jules Verreaux. After him are Emily Donelson, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Wilford Woodruff, Arnold Henry Guyot, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Pieter Willem Korthals. Among people deceased in 1885, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 63Before him are Ernest Goüin, Julius Benedict, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Andrea Maffei, C. A. Rosetti, and Juan Bautista Topete. After him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, José Posada Herrera, John McCloskey, Titian Peale, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, and Anthony W. Gardiner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 4,320 out of 6,142Before him are Paul Matschie (1861), Princess Frederica of Hanover (1848), Jürgen Trittin (1954), George Eyser (1870), Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798), and Ulrich Biesinger (1933). After him are Hubert Hahne (1935), Adrian Sutil (1983), Hedwig Kohn (1887), Bernd Patzke (1943), Walter Jens (1923), and Horst Faas (1933).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Germany

Among chess players born in Germany, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 11Before him are Jean Dufresne (1829), Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), Wolfgang Uhlmann (1935), Wolfgang Unzicker (1925), Sonja Graf (1908), and Hermann Pilnik (1914). After him are Carl Mayet (1810), Boris Gulko (1947), Natalia Zhukova (1979), and Elisabeth Pähtz (1985).