Daniel Harrwitz (1823 - 1884) was a German chess master. 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ...
He established his reputation in Paris, particularly as a player of blindfold games. He lost a match in England to Howard Staunton in 1846 and drew a match with Adolf Anderssen in Germany in 1848. He lived in England from 1849 and founded the British Chess Review. In 1856 he moved to Paris where he won a match against de Riviere. In 1858 he played a match against Paul Morphy in Paris. Harrwitz won the first two games, but lost the match 5.5-2.5. Harrwitz withdrew from the match, allegedly on grounds of ill health. He subsequently retired to the Austrian Tyrol, dying there in 1884. Howard Staunton Howard Staunton (April 1810 - June 22, 1874) was an English chess master and unofficial World Chess Champion. ... Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (July 6, 1818 - March 13, 1879) was a famous German chess master, one of the most renowned of the classic masters of 19th century chess. ... Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 - July 10, 1884), The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his time, an unofficial World Champion and, is considered by many, including some grandmasters (see below) the greatest chessplayer who has ever lived. ...
Harrwitz had a plus record against Anderssen. Although he had a negative record against Morphy, he was one of a few masters who beat Morphy with black pieces. Here is one of his wins in Paris in 1858 (moves given in Algebraic chess notation): The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Algebraic chess notation is the method used today by all competition chess organizations and most books, magazines, and newspapers to record and describe the play of chess games. ...
I observed in after times that Harrwitz generally gave greater odds than any other player, but I think he was influenced to do so, not by his belief in the superiority of his own powers, but by the delight he took in coping with difficulties.
It was, indeed, for him a grand victory; but in justice to Harrwitz it should be remembered that at the time he was a mere youth, unpractised with masters and unskilled in the odds rendered.
In one of the games Staunton made a sacrifice whereby he expected to win; but Harrwitz retorted by also sacrificing a piece, and the result was that the Prussian emerged from the scrimmage with a superior game and a pawn ahead.
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