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Paul Rudolf von Bilguer
Number of games in database: 19
Years covered: 1835 to 1839
Overall record: +9 -8 =2 (52.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C44		King's Pawn Game (4 games)
C40		King's Knight Opening (3 games)
C53		Giuoco Piano (2 games)
C33		King's Gambit Accepted (2 games)
C23		Bishop's Opening (2 games)
C24		Bishop's Opening (2 games)

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PAUL RUDOLF VON BILGUER (born Sep-21-1815, died Sep-16-1840) Germany [what is this?] Paul Rudolf von Bilguer born in 1815 was a member of the Berlin Chess Club, one of the 'Berlin Pleiades'. He was a strong player and very good analyst and was the author of the famous Handbuch des Schachspiels. Unfortunately, his early death at the age of 25 prevented his seeing its first publication in 1843. This first edition as well as the four that followed were edited by his friend Baron Tassilo Heydebrand und der Lasa, who named Von Bilguer alone as author. It contained comprehensive analyses of all opening variations then known, plus a section on the history and literature of chess.

page 1 of 1; 19 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Bilguer vs Angerstein 0-1 19 1835 corr C24 Bishop's Opening 2. Von Der Lasa vs P Bilguer ½-½ 37 1837 Berlin C33 King's Gambit Accepted 3. Von Der Lasa vs P Bilguer   1-0 13 1837 Berlin m1 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 4. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa 1-0 25 1838 Berlin C44 King's Pawn Game 5. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa 0-1 26 1838 Berlin C24 Bishop's Opening 6. Bledow vs P Bilguer 1-0 26 1838 Unknown C51 Evans Gambit 7. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa   ½-½ 56 1838 Berlin C53 Giuoco Piano 8. P Bilguer vs K Schorn 1-0 20 1839 Berlin C44 King's Pawn Game 9. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa 1-0 24 1839 Berlin C44 King's Pawn Game 10. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa 1-0 29 1839 Berlin C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 11. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa 0-1 33 1839 Berlin C40 King's Knight Opening 12. Von Der Lasa vs P Bilguer 0-1 30 1839 ? C30 King's Gambit Declined 13. Von Der Lasa vs P Bilguer 0-1 28 1839 Berlin C33 King's Gambit Accepted 14. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa 0-1 47 1839 Berlin C40 King's Knight Opening 15. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa   0-1 47 1839 Unknown C40 King's Knight Opening 16. Von Der Lasa vs P Bilguer 0-1 23 1839 ? C23 Bishop's Opening 17. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa   0-1 28 1839 Berlin C53 Giuoco Piano 18. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa 1-0 24 1839 Berlin C23 Bishop's Opening 19. P Bilguer vs Von Der Lasa 1-0 50 1839 Berlin C44 King's Pawn Game  page 1 of 1; 19 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Bilguer wins | Bilguer loses

Feb-18-03    Honza Cervenka: Paul Rudolph von Bilguer (1815-1840) was an author of famous "Handbuch des Schachspiels". Its first edition (1843) was completed after Bilguer's death by Baron Tassilo Von Der Lasa Feb-18-03    refutor: i won if there is an opportunity of picking up a copy of that somewhere, for historical purposes...i imagine it would cost a pretty penny. it would be interesting for someone to do a translation today to english and algebraic just to see how much theory has chanced in 160 years Aug-01-03    Honza Cervenka: Chessgames.com, I have submitted a few games of Bilguer via your PGN Upload Utility. Apr-29-06    sigi: What is the spelling of Bilguer's second Christian name? <Rudolf> or <Rudolph>? The German Wikipedia writes <Rudolph> but that doesn't mean anything. A more reliable source seems to be the catalogue of the "Deutsche Bibliothek" where Paul <Rudolf> von Bilguer is the author of the "Handbuch". Apr-29-06    Calli: <sigi> I think Rudolf is correct. All the editions of "Handbuch" spell his name that way. See, for instance, the latest Olms reprint: http://www.schachversand.de/DBBilde... Sep-21-06    keypusher: It was nice of von der Lasa to keep Bilguer's name on the Handbuch for so long.

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