Daniel Harrwitz
Notable Games

Daniel Harrwitz

14 celebrated games · 129 in the full archive
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Notable Games

  • 1845 Harrwitz, Daniel vsKieseritzky, Lionel Adalbert BF 1-0 Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack 39 moves Paris Blindfold Exhibition Paris 1845, the year Harrwitz first made his name there, against Lionel Kieseritzky. In a Sicilian McDonnell Attack 19.Nxf8 wins the exchange; Black answers with 34...Rxg2+ and a run of checks, but after 38.Qxg2 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 the checks are over.
  • 1846.08 Kieseritzky, Lionel Adalbert BF vsHarrwitz, Daniel 0-1 King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Long Whip 39 moves Match/Blindfd Harrwitz-Kieseritzky +2-1 London 1846, a game against Kieseritzky in which both players played blindfold. Against the Kieseritzky Gambit, 19...Qb6+ 20.Re3 Qxe3+ wins the exchange, and in the ending the black king takes the d-pawn and stops the white queenside pawns: 39...Kc6.
  • 1846.11 Harrwitz, Daniel vsHorwitz, Bernhard 1-0 Ponziani Opening 31 moves Match Harrwitz-Horwitz +6-5=1 London Chess Club, 1846, from the match Harrwitz won against Bernhard Horwitz by six wins to five. White doubles rooks on the f-file, then gives one up with 29.Rxh7+ Kxh7, and 30.Rh1+ Kg7 31.Qh6# is mate.
  • 1846 Williams, Elijah vsHarrwitz, Daniel 0-1 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation 30 moves Match Harrwitz-Williams +3-0=2 London 1846, from a short match against Elijah Williams that Harrwitz won with three wins and two draws. In a Queen's Gambit Accepted, 21...Qxc4 gives up the queen; 22...Ne2+ and 23...Nxg3 win it back, and the black rooks chase the white king to h5.
  • 1847.12 Mayet, Carl vsHarrwitz, Daniel 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense 25 moves Match Mayet-Hanstein Berlin, dated 1847 here and 1848 in other sources, against Carl Mayet. Wikipedia gives it as the earliest recorded example of the Elephant Trap in the Queen's Gambit Declined: 6.Nxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxd8 Bb4+ 8.Qd2 Kxd8 leaves the white queen pinned, and 12...Bxd2 takes it.
  • 1848.02.01 Harrwitz, Daniel vsAnderssen, Adolf 1-0 King's Gambit Accepted 17 moves Match Anderssen-Harrwitz +5-5=0 Breslau 1848, from the match against Adolf Anderssen that ended level at five wins each. In a King's Gambit, 10.g4 and 11.Bg5 give up material, 14.Qxh5 takes a knight, and after 15.Nf6+ Kg7 16.Qxh7+ Kxf6 the game ends 17.Ng4#.
  • 1849.02.19 Harrwitz, Daniel vsHorwitz, Bernhard 1-0 French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation 33 moves Match Harrwitz-Horowtz +7-6=2 Brighton, February 1849, from the second match against Horwitz, which Harrwitz won by seven wins to six. In a French Exchange, Horwitz gives up a rook with 21...Rxh3 to attack the king; Harrwitz takes it with 25.Kxh3, and 27.Rxc7, 31.Rxb7 and 33.Rxf7 take three pawns.
  • 1852 Williams, Elijah vsHarrwitz, Daniel 0-1 Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation 37 moves Match Harrwitz-Williams +7-0=3 London Chess Club, autumn 1852, from the match Harrwitz won against Williams with seven wins and three draws, published in his *British Chess Review*. 20...Rxe4 21.Qc3 Rc4 gives up the exchange, and after 37.Kh3 the knight check 37...Nf4+ begins a mate in four.
  • 1853.09 Harrwitz, Daniel vsLoewenthal, Johann Jacob 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack 31 moves Match Harrwitz-Loewenthal +11-10=12 London 1853, from the match against Johann Löwenthal, a Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, with the bishop to f4 at move 4. Harrwitz trailed 2–9 before winning the match 11–10. Here 26.Nxd4 Ra4 27.Qxa4 Nxa4 28.Rxc8+ wins material, and 30.Be4+ and 31.Rec1 decide it.
  • 1856 Harrwitz, Daniel vsArnous de Riviere, Jules 1-0 Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation 26 moves Match Harrwitz-Arnous Paris 1856, from the match Harrwitz won against Jules Arnous de Rivière. In a Dutch Defense the black queen takes a rook with 18...Qxh1, and 19.Bg6+ Rxg6 20.Qxg6+ starts the attack on the king; 22.Qxf8+ follows, and 26.Nd7+ ends it.
  • 1857 Anderssen, Adolf vsHarrwitz, Daniel 0-1 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation 63 moves Chess Association-04 Casual Games Manchester 1857. After Anderssen knocked him out of the tournament, Harrwitz asked for a short match to the first three wins, won three games in a row at one sitting, and this was the last of them. In the Bishop's Gambit the black pawns reach the white king: 61...h3, 62...g2+ and 63...Kf1.
  • 1858.09.04 Harrwitz, Daniel vsMorphy, Paul 1-0 King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense 47 moves Pre Match Morphy-Harrwitz Café de la Régence, Paris, September 1858, a game against Paul Morphy played before their match. Harrwitz plays the Kieseritzky Gambit, 27.Qxf5 wins a knight, and the game ends with 47.Qxa7+. With his two match wins it gave him three wins against Morphy.
  • 1858.09.05 Harrwitz, Daniel vsMorphy, Paul 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense 55 moves Match Morphy-Harrwitz +5-2=1 Paris 1858, the first game of the match against Morphy. The queens come off at move 18, and Harrwitz's d- and e-pawns decide the rook ending: 41.d5, 44.d6+, 45.e6 and 47.d7. It ends with 55.Rh5.
  • 1858.09.06 Morphy, Paul vsHarrwitz, Daniel 0-1 Philidor Defense 37 moves Match Morphy-Harrwitz +5-2=1 Paris 1858, the second game of the match, which made Harrwitz one of the few masters to beat Morphy with Black. In a Philidor Defense, 32...Qxh5 33.Rg5 Qxf3 wins pieces, and after 36.Qxe8 hxg5 Black is a rook ahead. Morphy won five of the next six games.
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