Wilfried Paulsen
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Wilfried Paulsen was a German chess
master, an elder brother of Louis Paulsen
.
He tied for 3rd-5th at Düsseldorf 1862 (2nd Western German Congress, Kongresse des Westdeutschen Schachbundes (WDSB), Max Lange
won); took 2nd, behind Lange, at Düsseldorf 1863 (3rd WDSB–Congress); won at Cologne 1867 (6th WDSB–Congress, Quadrangular); shared 3rd at Aachen 1868 (7th WDSB–Congress, Lange won); took 5th at Barmen 1869 (8th WDSB–Congress, Adolf Anderssen
won); took 6th at Krefeld 1871 (9th WDSB–Congress, Louis Paulsen won), and won at Düsseldorf 1876 (10th WDSB–Congress).
He shared 11th at Leipzig 1877 (3rd Central German Congress, Kongresse des Mitteldeutschen Schachbundes (MDSB), L. Paulsen won); tied for 5-6th at Frankfurt 1878 (12th WDSB–Congress, L. Paulsen won); took 10th at Leipzig 1879 (1st German DSB Congress
, Kongresse des Deutschen Schachbundes (DSB), Berthold Englisch
won); took 6th at Braunschweig 1880 (13th WDSB–Congress, L. Paulsen won); took 11th at Wiesbaden 1880 (Joseph Henry Blackburne
, Englisch and Adolf Schwarz
won).
He took 11th at Berlin 1881 (2nd DSB–Congress, Blackburne won); took 15th at Nuremberg 1883 (3rd DSB–Congress, Simon Winawer won); tied for 16-17th at Hamburg 1885 (4th DSB–Congress, Isidor Gunsberg
won); tied for 5-6th at Leipzig 1888 (Curt von Bardeleben
and Fritz Riemann
won), and tied for 16-17th at dresden 1892 (7th DSB–Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch
won).
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master, an elder brother of Louis Paulsen
Louis Paulsen
Louis Paulsen was a German chess player.In 1860s and 1870s, he was among the top five players in the world. He was a younger brother of Wilfried Paulsen....
.
He tied for 3rd-5th at Düsseldorf 1862 (2nd Western German Congress, Kongresse des Westdeutschen Schachbundes (WDSB), Max Lange
Max Lange
Max Lange was a German chess player and composer.In 1858–1864, he was an editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung . He was a founder of Westdeutscher Schachbund , and an organizer of the 9th DSB–Congress at Leipzig 1894...
won); took 2nd, behind Lange, at Düsseldorf 1863 (3rd WDSB–Congress); won at Cologne 1867 (6th WDSB–Congress, Quadrangular); shared 3rd at Aachen 1868 (7th WDSB–Congress, Lange won); took 5th at Barmen 1869 (8th WDSB–Congress, Adolf Anderssen
Adolf Anderssen
Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He is considered to have been the world's leading chess player in the 1850s and 1860s...
won); took 6th at Krefeld 1871 (9th WDSB–Congress, Louis Paulsen won), and won at Düsseldorf 1876 (10th WDSB–Congress).
He shared 11th at Leipzig 1877 (3rd Central German Congress, Kongresse des Mitteldeutschen Schachbundes (MDSB), L. Paulsen won); tied for 5-6th at Frankfurt 1878 (12th WDSB–Congress, L. Paulsen won); took 10th at Leipzig 1879 (1st German DSB Congress
DSB Congress
The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in Leipzig on 18 July 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairman and Hermann Zwanziger the General Secretary...
, Kongresse des Deutschen Schachbundes (DSB), Berthold Englisch
Berthold Englisch
Berthold Englisch was a leading Austrian chess master.Englisch was born in Czech Silesia into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent....
won); took 6th at Braunschweig 1880 (13th WDSB–Congress, L. Paulsen won); took 11th at Wiesbaden 1880 (Joseph Henry Blackburne
Joseph Henry Blackburne
Joseph Henry Blackburne , nicknamed "The Black Death", dominated British chess during the latter part of the 19th century. He learned the game at the relatively late age of 18 but quickly became a strong player and went on to develop a professional chess career that spanned over 50 years...
, Englisch and Adolf Schwarz
Adolf Schwarz
Adolf Schwarz was an Austria-Hungarian chess master.He took 10th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament . In 1878, he took 2nd, behind Louis Paulsen, in Frankfurt. In 1879, he took 3rd in Leipzig...
won).
He took 11th at Berlin 1881 (2nd DSB–Congress, Blackburne won); took 15th at Nuremberg 1883 (3rd DSB–Congress, Simon Winawer won); tied for 16-17th at Hamburg 1885 (4th DSB–Congress, Isidor Gunsberg
Isidor Gunsberg
Isidor Arthur Gunsberg began his career as the player operating the remote-controlled chess automaton Mephisto, but later became a chess professional....
won); tied for 5-6th at Leipzig 1888 (Curt von Bardeleben
Curt von Bardeleben
Curt von Bardeleben was a Count and a German chess master who committed suicide by jumping out of a window in 1924. His life and death were the basis for that of the main character in the novel The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov, which was made into the movie The Luzhin Defence...
and Fritz Riemann
Fritz Riemann
Fritz Riemann was a German chess master.Born in Silesia , he was a chess pupil of Adolf Anderssen in Breslau. In 1876, he won a match against Arnold Schottländer there.In 1879, he took 5th in Leipzig , and took 2nd in Wesselburen...
won), and tied for 16-17th at dresden 1892 (7th DSB–Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch
Siegbert Tarrasch
Siegbert Tarrasch was one of the strongest chess players and most influential chess teachers of the late 19th century and early 20th century....
won).