Paulino (Paulin) Frydman (26 May 1905 in

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– 2 February 1982 in

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) was a Polish

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Career

In 1922, Paulin Frydman took 2nd place, behind

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. In 1923, he tied for 2nd-4th, behind

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. In 1926, he shared 1st with

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, and took 2nd, behind

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, in the 1st

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. In 1927, he tied for 5th-7th in the 2nd POL-ch in

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. The event was won by

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. In 1928, he tied for 2nd/3rd with Makarczyk, behind Blass. In 1930, he took 4th in Łódź, won in

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, and in Warsaw. Frydman won the Warsaw championship four times (1931, 1932, 1933, and 1936). He played several matches; lost to Jakub Kolski (+0 –2 =0) at Łódź 1922, lost to Salomon Szapiro (+0 –1 =1) at Warsaw 1922, won against Kolski (+1 –0 =1) at Warsaw 1928, drew with Mieczysław Najdorf (+2 –2 =1) at Warsaw 1930, lost to

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(+3 –4 =1) at Łódź 1932, and drew with

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(+0 –0 =5) in Warsaw in Spring 1935. Frydman represented Poland eight times in

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: *

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at The Hague 1928, second board (+6 –4 =1) * 3rd Olympiad at Hamburg 1930, reserve board (+3 –2 =4) * 4th Olympiad at Prague 1931, reserve board (+4 –1 =4) * 5th Olympiad at Folkestone 1933, second board (+4 –1 =7) * 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935, second board (+7 –0 =9) *

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at Munich 1936, first board (+9 –3 =8) * 7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937, third board (+10 –2 =5) * 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939, third board (+11 –2 =4). In all, he took ten Olympic medals (six for a team – one gold at Hamburg, two silver, three bronze, and four individuals – two silver in 1935 and 1939, two bronze in 1933 and 1937). Frydman led the Polish team (2nd place) at Munich 1936. At these events he won 53, drew 42, and lost 16 games (67%). In 1934, he tied for 3rd/4th with

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(Ujpest) -

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won. In the 3rd POL-ch at Warsaw 1935, he tied for 2nd-4th with Najdorf and

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, behind

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. In October 1935, he won at

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, ahead of

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, defeating him in their individual game. In April 1936 he tied for 4th/5th at

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(YUG-ch,

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won). In July 1936, he took equal 6th at Bad Poděbrady; (

won), despite having led the tournament after nine games with a score of 8-1. Suffering what

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describes as a "nervous breakdown" after a loss to

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, Frydman scored only 1.5 points in his last eight games. In September 1938, he took 7th at Łódź . In 1939, he shared 2nd, behind Najdorf, in Warsaw. In September 1939, when

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broke out, Frydman, like many of the 8th Chess Olympiad participants (Najdorf, Stahlberg, et al.), decided to stay in Argentina permanently. In September 1939, after the Olympiad, Frydman tied for 5th/6th in Buenos Aires (''Circulo'', Najdorf and Keres won). He tied for 4th/5th in the

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(

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won), took 3rd in Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata), won in Buenos Aires, and tied for 3rd/4th at Águas de São Pedro/São Paulo 1941 (

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title in 1955.

Notable chess games

Paulin Frydman vs Erik Andersen, The Hague 1928, 2nd Olympiad, Bogo-Indian Defense, E11, 1-0Paulin Frydman vs Milan Vidmar, Ujpest 1934, Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, D13, 1-0Paulin Frydman vs Paul Keres, Helsinki 1935, Queen's Gambit Declined, D52, 1-0
* ttp://www.olimpbase.org/1937/1937in.html Paulin Frydman vs Isakas Vistaneckis, Stockholm 1937, 7th Olympiad, QGD, 1-0 A rout!
Paulin Frydman vs Mieczyslaw (Miguel) Najdorf, Lodz 1938, Slav Defense, Steiner Variation, D16, 1-0

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frydman, Paulino 1905 births 1982 deaths Polish emigrants to Argentina Polish chess players Argentine chess players Jewish chess players Jewish Argentine sportspeople Chess Olympiad competitors Argentine people of Polish-Jewish descent Sportspeople from Warsaw 20th-century chess players

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