Berlin School (chess)

The Berlin School or the Berlin Siebengestirn (also the " Pleiades ") was a group of Berlin chess masters in the 19th century who had a major influence on the chess scene in Germany. These "seven stars" were

• Ludwig Bledow (1795–1846), head of the Berlin Chess Society , founder of the Berlin and later German chess newspaper
• Karl Schorn (1803-1850)
• Bernhard Horwitz (1807-1885)
• Carl Mayet (1810-1868)
• Wilhelm Hanstein (1811–1850), editor of the Berlin chess newspaper from 1846
• Paul Rudolf von Bilguer (1815–1840), originator of the idea for the manual of the game of chess
• Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818–1899), main author of the manual

These were members of the Berlin Chess Society, the leading German chess club at the time . The group met twice a week to study opening theory . The famous Bilguer , as the manual was named after its author, who died prematurely, arose from this knowledge .

Again and again strong chess players came to the seven stars to collaborate or to benefit from their knowledge. These guests included Adolf Anderssen , Max Lange , Jean Dufresne and Carl Ferdinand Jänisch .

• Berlin school
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  Ludwig Bledow

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  Wilhelm Hanstein

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  Carl Mayet

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  Rudolph von Bilguer

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  T. von Heyd. u. d. Lasa

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  Bernhard Horwitz

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  Karl Schorn

Web links

• Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa: Berlin chess memories , Leipzig 1859 (most important source on the Berlin school).