Berlin Pleiades
Group of 19th-century German chess masters
The Berlin Pleiades was a group of seven masters of German chess in the 19th century.[1] They are named after the star constellation the Pleiades.
The members of the Berlin Pleiades were:[2]
- 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
- Paul von Bilguer
- Ludwig Bledow
- Wilhelm Hanstein
- Bernhard Horwitz
- Von der Lasa
- Carl Mayet
- Carl Schorn
References
- Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992]. "Pleiades". The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 311. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
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