Paulino Frydman

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Paulino Frydman
Full name	Paulin Frydman
Country	Poland  Argentina
Born	May 26, 1905(1905-05-26) Warsaw Poland
Died	February 2, 1982 (aged 76) Buenos Aires Argentina

Paulino (Paulin) Frydman (Born 26 May 1905, in Warsaw, Poland. Died 2 February 1982, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish chess master.

Biography

In 1922, Paulin Frydman took 2nd place, behind Kazimierz Makarczyk at Warsaw. In 1923, he tied for 2nd-4th, behind Alexander Flamberg. In 1926, he tied for 1st with Abram Blass, and took 2nd, behind Dawid Przepiórka, in the 1st Championship of Poland. In 1927, he tied for 5th-7th in the 2nd Championship of Poland at Lodz. The event was won by Akiba Rubinstein. In 1928, he tied for 2nd/3rd with Makarczyk, behind Blass. In 1930, he took 4th at Łódź, won at Sopot, and at Warsaw.^[1] Frydman won the Warsaw championship four times (1931, 1932, 1933, and 1936).

Frydman played for Poland at the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague in 1928, the 3rd Olympiad at Hamburg in 1930, the 4th Olympiad at Prague in 1931, the 5th Olympiad at Folkestone in 1933, the 6th Olympiad at Warsaw in 1935, the 7th Olympiad at Stockholm in 1937, and the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires in 1939. In all, he took ten Olympic medals (six for a team – one gold at Hamburg, two silver, three bronze, and four individuals – two silver in 1935 and 1939, two bronze in 1933 and 1937). Frydman led the Polish team (2nd place) in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich in 1936. At these events he won 53, drew 42, and lost 16 games (67%).^[2]

In 1934 he tied for 3rd/4th with Salo Flohr at Budapest (Ujpest). At the 3rd Championship of Poland at Warsaw in 1935, he tied for 2nd-4th with Mieczyslaw Najdorf and Henryk Friedman, behind Savielly Tartakower. In Spring 1935 Frydman drew a match against Rudolf Spielmann at Warsaw (+0 –0 =5). In October 1935, he won at Helsinki, ahead of Paul Keres, defeating him in their individual game. In April 1936 he tied for 4th/5th at Novi Sad. In July 1936 he took equal 6th at Bad Podebrady. In September 1938, he took 7th at Lodz.^[3]

In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Frydman, like many of the 8th Chess Olympiad participants (Najdorf, Stahlberg, Eliskases, Michel, Engels, Becker, Reinhardt, Pelikan, Skalička, Luckis, Feigins, Raud, Czerniak, Rauch, Winz, Gromer, Sulik, Seitz, de Ronde, Kleinstein, Sonja Graf, Paulette Schwartzmann, etc.), decided to stay in Argentina permanently.^[4]

In September 1939, after the 8th Olympiad, Frydman tied for 5th/6th at Buenos Aires (Circulo). He tied for 4th/5th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament, took 3rd at Buenos Aires (Bodes la Plata), won at Buenos Aires, and tied for 3rd/4th at Sao Pedro de Piracicaba. In 1942, he had to retire from playing professional chess because of poor health.

Frydman was awarded the International Master title in 1955.

Notable chess games

• Paulin Frydman vs Erik Andersen, The Hague 1928, 2nd Olympiad, Bogo-Indian Defense, E11, 1-0
• Paulin Frydman vs Milan Vidmar, Ujpest 1934, Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, D13, 1-0
• Paulin Frydman vs Paul Keres, Helsinki 1935, Queen's Gambit Declined, D52, 1-0
• Paulin Frydman vs Massimiliano Romi, Munich (ol) 1936, Grünfeld Defense, 1-0.
• Paulin Frydman vs Isakas Vistaneckis, Stockholm 1937, 7th Olympiad, QGD, 1-0. A rout!
• Paulin Frydman vs Mieczyslaw (Miguel) Najdorf, Lodz 1938, Slav Defense, Steiner Variation, D16, 1-0
• Paulin Frydman vs Gösta Danielsson, Buenos Aires 1939, 8th Olympiad, Queen's-Indian Defense, 1-0

References

1. ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
2. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
3. ^ http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk
4. ^ http://ar.oocities.com/carloseadrake/AJEDREZ/Asilados_1939.htm

External links

• Paulino Frydman player profile at ChessGames.com