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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. From 1837 to 1843, he was part of a group of German chess players known as "The Pleiades". He moved to London in 1845, where he became a British citizen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Horwitz is the 166th most popular chess player (down from 139th in 2019), the 4,913th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,741st in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 166 out of 461. Before him are Johann Berger, Gedeon Barcza, Lev Alburt, István Bilek, Milunka Lazarević, and Kira Zvorykina. After him are Horatio Caro, Artur Yusupov, Petar Trifunović, Vladimir Tukmakov, Florin Gheorghiu, and Sergey Karjakin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 50. Before him are Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Ignatius Brianchaninov, Jules Verreaux, Wilford Woodruff, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, and Arnold Henry Guyot. After him are John Greenleaf Whittier, Peter Hardeman Burnett, David Rice Atchison, Ira Aldridge, Robert McClure, and James Abbott. Among people deceased in 1885, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 78. Before him are Ludvig Norman, C. A. Rosetti, William Henry Vanderbilt, Gaudenzio Marconi, Andrea Maffei, and Juan Bautista Topete. After him are Anthony W. Gardiner, Helen Hunt Jackson, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Titian Peale, John McCloskey, and Robert Toombs.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 4,916 out of 7,253. Before him are Robin Gosens (1994), Bernd Schneider (1964), Annemarie Renger (1919), Otto Scheff (1889), Erik Spiekermann (1947), and Lutz Eigendorf (1956). After him are Heinrich Christian Boie (1744), Heidi Biebl (1941), Benedikt Höwedes (1988), Veronica Ferres (1965), Johanna Lüttge (1936), and Ludwig Thoma (1867).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Germany

Among chess players born in Germany, Bernhard Horwitz ranks 11. Before him are Jacques Mieses (1865), Wolfgang Uhlmann (1935), Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), Sonja Graf (1908), Wolfgang Unzicker (1925), and Hermann Pilnik (1914). After him are Boris Gulko (1947), Carl Mayet (1810), Aaron Alexandre (1766), Natalia Zhukova (1979), and Elisabeth Pähtz (1985).

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