Berlin Pleiades

The Berlin Pleiades was a group of seven masters of German chess in the 19th century. They are named after the star constellation the Pleiades.

The members of the Berlin Pleiades were:

• 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
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  Paul von Bilguer
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  Ludwig Bledow
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  Wilhelm Hanstein
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  Bernhard Horwitz
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  Von der Lasa
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  Carl Mayet
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  Carl Schorn

References

• 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.