The Berlin Pleiades was a group of seven masters of German chess in the 19th century. They are named after the star constellation the Pleiades.
The members of the Berlin Pleiades were:
- Paul Rudolf von Bilguer (1815–1840), Army Lieutenant and author of the Handbuch des Schachspiels, the most influential chess book for 90 years;
- Dr. Ludwig Bledow (1795–1846), teacher of mathematics and the Pleiades co-founder;
- Wilhelm Hanstein (1811–1850), civil servant;
- Bernhard Horwitz (1807–1885), painter;
- Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818–1899), later became a Prussian diplomat and chess historian;
- Carl Mayet (1810–1868), barrister and judge;
- Carl Schorn (1803–1850), painter.
- The Berlin Pleiades
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Paul von Bilguer
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Ludwig Bledow
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Wilhelm Hanstein
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Bernhard Horwitz
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Von der Lasa
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Carl Mayet
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Carl Schorn
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References
- Cullen, Tony (2020-12-21). Chess Rivals of the 19th Century: With 300 Annotated Games. McFarland. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-4766-8072-9.
- "Chess Trivia". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) . "Pleiades". The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 311. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
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