- Bernhard Horwitz
Bernhard Horwitz (1807-1885) was a German English
chess master and chess writer.Horwitz was born in
Neustrelitz , and went to school inBerlin , 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. In 1846, he lost a match against visiting masterLionel Kieseritzky , and another againstHoward Staunton , losing 15.5-8.5. His best chess result was winning a match againstHenry Bird in 1851. He played in the first international chess tournament, London 1851, again beating Bird in the first round, but losing to Staunton in the second andJózsef Szén in the third.Horwitz's "Chess Studies" (1851), co-authored with
Josef Kling , is an important work on theendgame study and endgames in general.References
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