Paulino Frydman

Paulino ( Paulin ) Frydman ( born May 26, 1905 in Warsaw, † February 2nd 1982 in Buenos Aires ) was a Polish chess master who represented Poland and Argentina.

Frydman was a maternal nephew of the Polish chess legend Szymon Winawer. The game of chess, he learned already in early childhood, at age 16 he began the tournament chess. Frydman was in the interwar period as a leading Polish chess master. He was in the first time in 1926 aligned Championship second behind Poland Dawid Przepiórka. In 1935, he was at the state championship after third Savielly Tartakower and Miguel Najdorf. Four times he won the championship of Warsaw. He participated in 1928-1939 in all chess Olympiads for Poland, at which starred the country. In 1930, he led with ao Akiba Rubinstein Poland to the gold medal win in Hamburg. His total earnings for his home was impressive: 67% ( 44 -13 = 34). 1934 in Budapest and in Helsinki in 1936 won Frydman international tournaments, in Helsinki even before Paul Keres, he could defeat. In 1930, he played in a competition with Miguel Najdorf Warsaw draw 2,5-2,5 ( 2 = 1-2 ), 1935, also in Warsaw, 2-5-2,5 ( 0 = 5-0) against Rudolf Spielmann.

The outbreak of World War II during the Chess Olympiad 1939 in Buenos Aires moved Frydman, as well as Miguel Najdorf to remain in Argentina. Frydman gave up professional chess playing and opened in Buenos Aires Chess Cafe ( Rex ). Here he became friends with the Polish exile writer Witold Gombrowicz, who was an avid chess player and frequent guest on Frydmans café. Gombrowicz Frydman mentioned several times by name in his diary (ISBN 3-596-13895-7 ). Frydman reach 1940 and 1941 Tournament victories in international competitions in Buenos Aires. 1955 FIDE awarded him for his successes in the 1930s the title of International Master. Frydman died in 1982 in Buenos Aires.