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Dec-08-04
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| vonKrolock: In the search for any instance of Paulsen finishing ahead of his rival from Silesia in regional, national or international Tournaments before 1877, we arrive to the city of Krefeld, where, from 4th to 7th August 1871, took place the Ninth Congress of the West-German Chess Union. The Master Tournament extended till Aug 12th, and ended in a triple tie: Anderssen, Minckwitz and Paulsen, and,as a direct decision about the two money prizes (from 100 and 50 Taler) was necessary, so a quick single-rounded tie-break was played: Firstly Paulsen beat Anderssen, then Anderssen beat Minckwitz and, finally, Paulsen and Minckwitz drew their game. Well, it was not enough: Drawn games dont counted - so a new game will start: Anderssen could not wait for the decision: the formal leave from his work - as a High School Math's teacher in Breslau - was ending, and he leaved Krefeld right away.
As - if Minckwitz arrived to win the second game whith Paulsen - a third, and then perchance a fourth etc game would have to occur, so an agreement had place: Paulsen was declared winner, to Anderssen the second place was atributed, and Minckwitz - having renounced to his chance to become the sole winner over the board – received a half of the main monetary prize and the 3th place…
In spite of the anti-climactic dénouement, Paulsen's victory, concerning his confrontation whith Anderssen, was perfectly merited, because he won their both games: in the Tourney and in the decisive triple match. In any case, Minckwitz showed at least equal to Paulsen there, this must to be registered too. * Krefeld was the first Tournament in which both Louis and Wilfried played (before, one or another of the brethren participated - as in Aix-la-Chapelle / Aachen 1868, where Louis was present, but limited himself to kibiting and giving a blind simul) while his brother acted in the main Tournament ** The Prizes in the "rheinischen Haupturnier" (secondary Ty for regional players - lit. 'head-tourney') consisted of : For the Winner - "a splendorous table clock in black marmor" (won by C. Leffmann); Second "a very beautifull 'Bowle in Römerform' <NOTE: a type of jug> in biseauté glass whith a garniture of silver, whith an appropriated set of twelve cups", (went to Carl Kockelkorn, the famous Problemist); Further a de-luxe illustrated edition of Goethe’s “Reinecke Fuchs” and a splendid Chess set for respectively Wemmers and Hammacher *** Philipp Klett – one of the greatest Chess composers from xix-th Century - presented a four-mover for a solving contest, and himself won the Prize, as none of the participants arrived to solve it! |
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Dec-17-04
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| vonKrolock: <SBC: .
Morphy's only known chess problem was published in the June 28, 1856 issue of the "New York Clipper" His uncle, Ernest, had mailed it, along with a game, to the periodical on June 10, 1856. The problem was re-published by Sam Lloyd in the "New York Musical World" on April 30, 1859 accompanied by Louis Paulsen's only chess problem. Dec-05-04
vonKrolock: <SBC: Louis Paulsen's only chess problem.> only, so surely this one: 8-2B5-8-1n2Rp2-8-3bpkpB-4N3-4K3 #2 (5+6)- In American Chess Nuts, number 334. There "by Louis Paulsen, from Dubuque, Iowa" - but NY Musical World, 1959 is the source - the "Nuts" apeared in 1868. NOTE: not excluding the possibility of other(s) more remote(s) source(s) Dec-05-04
SBC: <vonKrolock> This seems the wrong page to dicussion about Paulsen, but so be it.> Dear SBC: So now we are in the right place<8-2B5-8-1n2Rp2-8-3bpkpB-4N3-4K3> <I have no idea how to set up a problem from that notation. Do you happen to have a fen that can be pasted into winboard?> leider not, SBC - but the Forsyth is very cute when You get some practice whith it, i ensure... <SBC: That the problem in "New York Musical World" was Paulsen's only known problem, I got from David Lawson, Morphy's biographer. Other than that, I can't guarantee it. <Curiously, Paulsen's #2 features also a Rook sacrifice, like Morphy's one>The first problem tournament in the Us took place in 1855. It was organized by Charles Stanley, then the American champion. He was also a problemist. I'll have to hunt and see if I can find the results. What many people don't realize, however, is the the 1st American Chess Congress of 1857 was a 3 part tournament. It consisted of 1. the Grand Tournament, 2. the Minor Tournament, and 3. the Problem Tournament. Morphy, of course, won the Grand Tournament.
The results of The Minor Tournament were:
1st - William Horner of Brooklyn, N.Y.
2nd - Moses Solomons, New York City
3rd - William Seebach, New York City
4th - Martin Mantin, New York City.
The result of the Problem Tournament was:
1st - Rudolf Willmers of Vienna, Austria > Fine documentation |
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Jun-08-05
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| fred lennox: Paulsen talent favored the quieter game, making him somewhat of an oddball in 19th centery chess. He favored the bishops over knights. Aside from Morphy, in his day it looks he was the best defender, endgame player, and at queenless middlegames. His great games againsts Anderssen has the contrast of a Lasker/Alekhine rivalry. Here is an excellent article. http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/l... |
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| Jun-29-05 |
| chesswonders: The players of the era of Paulsen had oppurtunities to play their own game, meaning they hardly had any literature to refer to, I believe. This made them analyse even their opening moves deeply. The modern player is 'endowed' with such plethora of knowledge base, he can just reproduce and win in many situations, not necessarily having the same depth of analysis as his predecessors had. Not sure if this had made chess less interesting over the years! The number of people admiring the game has certainly increased but the amount of joy, or atleast the kind of joy and pleasure derived from it by a player, has for sure changed. |
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| Jun-29-05 |
| FHBradley: Is there a picture of Herr Paulsen available anywhere? I would appreciate seeing his massive head. |
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| Jun-29-05 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Louis's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/paul.html |
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| Jun-29-05 |
| FHBradley: Smart as I am, I can reply my own question:
http://www.schachgemeinschaft-detmo... includes a picture of Paulsen and Morphy OTB |
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| Jul-13-05 |
| offramp: Rather a surprise to see him as best player in the world 1862-65 (at chessmetrics); but he ws a very good player. |
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Jul-30-05
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| chancho: Louis Paulsen is credited as the pioneer of the Kings Indian Defense, The Pirc defense, Sicilian Defense, Dragon variation ,as well as improvements in other openings.He was one of the few Masters of the time, who concentrated on improving many of black's defensive set ups. |
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Aug-16-05
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| BishopBerkeley: Remembrance of Louis Paulsen published in August 1891 (the year of Paulsen's death) in the New York Times: http://batgirl.atspace.com/Paulsen_...
(:  Bishop Berkeley :)
P.S. I note that Paulsen has a positive score against Adolf Anderssen based on games in our database: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Overall record: Louis Paulsen beat Adolf Anderssen 24 to 18, with 7 draws. He also has a positive score against Joseph Henry Blackburne : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... and he tied overall with Johannes Zukertort : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Significant accomplishments!
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| Jan-05-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Louis Paulsen PAULSEN, Louis
http://www.bidmonfa.com/paulsen_lou...
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| Jan-15-06 |
| FHBradley: Congratulations to Louis Paulsen on sharing the birthday with me! |
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Jan-15-06
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| vonKrolock: <"a splendorous table clock in black marmor"> made of MARBLE, of course |
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| Jan-20-06 |
| morphyvsfischer: A real genius; without him, Nimzowitch, Reti, other hypermoderns ect. ect. would probably not be famous for their work because they didn't invent their work! I believe Chigorin was inspired by Paulsen and Morphy the most, and of course Nimzo, Reti, and Alekhine modeled their styles after Chigorin's. |
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Apr-22-07
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| refutor: any books out there about paulsen? |
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May-26-07
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| chancho: Will the real Louis Paulsen....
http://www.endgame.nl/PAUL.JPG |
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May-26-07
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| chancho: Please stand up.
http://www.chessville.com/Espanol/N... |
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Aug-21-07
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| Benzol: Louis and his brother Wilfrid came from a chess playing family. To illustrate their importance to chess theory I offer the following quotes. "The only master to have had the slightest inkling of the correct way to handle fiachetto defences was Louis Paulsen. In this respect he was strangely ahead of his otherwise more gifted contemporaries - Anderssen, Zukertort, Steinitz, Blackburne and Tarrasch, to proceed from one end of the chronological scale to the other." - Ray Keene and George Botterill in 'The Modern Defence'. See Max Weiss vs Paulsen, 1883 as an example. "Paulsen discovered a larger number of opening ideas than any of his contemporaries. For the attack he contributed to the Scotch Game, the Goering Gambit, the Paulsen Attack, the Paulsen variations of the Vienna Game, and the Four Knights Opening. For the defence he discovered the Boleslavsky variation, the Paulsen Defence of the Kieseritzky Gambit, and the Paulsen Variation of the Sicilian Defence. He introduced the Pirc Defence and improved Black's chances in the Muzio Gambit and in several lines of the Sicilian Defence. His contributions were not confined to an odd move or improvement here and there: he also invented whole systems of play."
"Paulsen wrote no books, and none has been written on his theoretical contributions." - David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld in 'The Oxford Companion To Chess'. |
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Jan-26-08
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| Knight13: This guy is clearly better than his brother, Wilfried Paulsen. |
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May-16-08
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| Knight13: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Louis Paulsen
Born: 1833-Jan
Died: 1891-Aug
Best World Rank: #1 (39 different months between the April 1862 rating list and the July 1878 rating list ) Highest Rating: 2710 on the October 1862 rating list, #1 in world, age 29y9m Best Individual Performance: 2660 in Frankfurt, 1887, scoring 7.5/13 (58%) vs 2622-rated opposition |
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May-16-08
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| brankat: You are not feeling well today? |
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Oct-24-08
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| Karpova: From Jeremy P. Spinrad's "Chess Journalism: Old and New", May 2007: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinr... <Another example is this reprinted letter from the 'London Globe' describing a simultaneous blindfold exhibition by Paulsen in Düsseldorf:'New York Times', Oct 11, 1863: "Herr Paulsen, says the same letter, is a young man of 29, tall and lank, as Westphalians generally are, and with a cranium which would be the delight of phrenological science."> |
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| Mar-02-09 |
| Dredge Rivers: Is he any relation to Pat Paulsen? |
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| Jul-23-09 |
| myschkin: . . .
"The Father of Hypermodern Chess" P.1
'... Wilhelm Steinitz at least gave posthumous credit to Paulsen’s pioneer work - ...' http://www.chessclub.org/news.php?n...
by Imre Koenig |
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Nov-11-09
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| fred lennox: Calling Paulsen the father of hypermodern depends how much you want to consider the child father of the man. There's Staunton, Anderssen, Steinitz and a not so obvious Lasker, all forshadowed hypermodern. Father is a bit misused. Establisher is more the point, though less fluent. |
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