Anderssen–Harrwitz Match 1848

Anderssen and Harrwitz divide ten decisive games
26 January – February 1848 · Breslau, Prussia
Match drawn 5–5

Adolf Anderssen and Daniel Harrwitz split their ten-game Breslau match 5–5. Every game was decisive: each player won five and none ended in a draw.

Dead level without a draw

The match's symmetry is striking: Anderssen and Harrwitz each won five games, so the contest finished level despite producing no individual draws.

The complete played record supports the formal table's ten-game total and 5–5 result.

The complete score

All ten games survive in their recorded order: five wins each, and nothing missing.

Cross table

5–5
Match drawn · official result +5-5=0
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts
Anderssen 1001011001 5
Harrwitz 0110100110 5

1 win · ½ draw · 0 loss — click a game number to replay it.