Moritz Lewitt

Who was Moritz Lewitt?

Moritz Lewitt was a German chess master.

Born in Poznan, Greater Poland, he lived in Berlin, and was the longtime president of the oldest German Chess Club, the Berliner Schachgesellschaft von 1827. When he was reelected in 1904, the club was also the largest in Germany, with over 150 members. Dr. Lewitt played in many tournaments in Berlin and elsewhere. He took 9th at Berlin 1891, took 4th at Dresden 1892, took 3rd at Kiel 1893, tied for 7-8th at Berlin 1893, tied for 3rd-5th at Leipzig 1894.

He took 2nd, behind Caro, and tied for 5-6th, both in Berlin in 1894; took 13th at Munich 1900, shared 2nd, behind Ossip Bernstein, at Berlin 1902; tied for 3rd-4t at Coburg 1904. Lewitt won ahead of Rudolf Spielmann at Berlin 1904, shared 1st with Caro in the Berlin Championship in 1905 but lost a play-off match to him, and tied for 7-8th at Berlin 1913.