Ludwig Bledow

Ludwig Erdmann Bledow ( born July 27, 1795 in Berlin, † August 6, 1846 ) was a German chess player.

Biography

By profession was Bledow mathematics teacher at Cöllnischen secondary school. Was instructed to chess Bledow of the strongest players of his time in Berlin, Julius Mendheim. From 1835, he was considered one of the leading chess players in Germany. He measured in duels with the top players of his time. He won games against Horwitz (1837 ), SZEN (1839 ), Jaenisch (1842 ), Mongredien (1845 ) and others. Even against Anderssen, Henry Thomas Buckle and Aaron Alexandre, he took up.

Bledow was the founder of the Berlin School. He led the circle of the younger of the Berlin Chess Club, were among those Wilhelm Hanstein, Paul Rudolph of Bilguer and Tassilo von der Lasa Heydebrand and, at the intensive study of chess literature and particularly the openings. In 1846 he founded the (later German ) chess newspaper. However Bledow experienced as an editor, only the appearance of the first edition. She was more than a century as the most important German chess magazine.

Publications

Bledow published 1843 The between Berlin and Poznań club played by correspondence chess Lots [sic ]. The publication contained not only the 1839/40 between Berlin and Poznan discharged, but a total of 52 more correspondence games - and was even the first German book on correspondence chess. The collection was expanded in 1872 by Max Lange and reissued. In 1997, a reprint of the original edition was published by 1843. This also includes handwritten notes Bledows that were apparently determined the preparation of anticipated already during his lifetime extended edition. Finally Bledow edited an edition of the work of the famous Syrian Master Philip Stamma.

Chess library

It was known his extensive chess library, which later bought the Royal Library in Berlin.

Works

• The between Berlin and Poznań club played by correspondence chess Lots, Veit and Comp. , Berlin 1843
• The between Berlin and Poznań club played by correspondence chess Lots, chess publisher Mädler, Dresden 1997 ( reprint of the edition Berlin 1843) ISBN 3925691197
• Stamma 's wholly- finals, processed according to the output of 1745, translated by L. Bledow and O. von Oppen, Berlin 1856