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Louis Paulsen (1833–1891) was a German chess player. In 1860s and 1870s, he was among the top five players in the world. Younger brother of Wilfried Paulsen. Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. ...
Wilfried Paulsen (31 July 1828 – 6 February 1901) was a German chess master, an elder brother of Louis Paulsen. ...
Paulsen was one of the first players to challenge the notion that an attack could be constructed out of brilliance. He put forward the idea that any brilliant attack would have failed against correct defence. His ideas were grasped by Steinitz,who declared that attack and defence have equal status, and particularly by Nimzowitsch, who listed Paulsen among his six greatest "purely defensive players". Paul Morphy and Louis Paulsen were early masters of the game and the blindfold chess itself; they were capable of playing 10 blindfold games at the same time without any major errors. In 1862 Paulson challenged Adolf Anderseen for the world championship. The match was a tie and Anderssen kept his title.[1] Wilhelm Steinitz Wilhelm Steinitz (May 17, 1836 - August 12, 1900), born in Prague, was the first official World Champion of chess. ...
Aron Nimzowitsch (also Nimzovich or Niemzowitsch) (November 7, 1886, Riga - March 16, 1935, Denmark) was a Latvian chess grandmaster. ...
Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 - July 10, 1884), The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, was an American chess player. ...
Paulsen Pawns Paulsen pawns is a term coined by Nimzowitsch for a restricted pawn centre with two pawns on squares d6 and e6 for Black or d3 and e3 for White, often coupled with an open c-file. This restricted centre makes it difficult for the opponent to whip up a quick attack by advancing his centre. Paulsen pawns are the stalwart of the Paulsen variation of the Sicilian Defence. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. ...
Paulsen attack in the Scotch opening The move Bb5 in the Scotch Game is associated with Paulsen's name, as the Paulsen attack: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 The Scotch Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1. ...
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