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

^ Cullen, Tony (2020-12-21). Chess Rivals of the 19th Century: With 300 Annotated Games. McFarland. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-4766-8072-9.
^ "Chess Trivia". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-03-29.

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.