- Achilles Frydman
Achilles Frydman (1905–1940) was a Polish
chess player.Biography
He lived in
Łódź where he took 4th place (1930, 1931, 1934) and tied for 5-6th (1933) in the city championships. In 1935, he took 5th in Warsaw at the 3rdPolish Chess Championship , an event won bySavielly Tartakower . The same year, he took 7th in Łódź (Tartakower was the victor once more). He was himself the winner at Łódź in 1936 and a year later, he retired from the 4th Polish Championship, held inJurata , due to illness.During the latter stages of his life, he had a history of mental illness, which manifested itself in loud, disruptive and erratic behaviour. He was even reported to have turned up in public, wearing little or no clothing. After a spell in an asylum, doctors warned him against playing any more chess.
In 1940, Frydman was arrested by the
Nazis inWarsaw , and died in aconcentration camp .Notable chess games
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012552 Alexander Alekhine vs Achilles Frydman, Lodz 1928, Queen's Indian Defense, Capablanca Variation, E16, 1/2-1/2]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1277966 Achilles Frydman vs Stanisław Zawadzki, Warsaw 1935, 3rd POL-ch, Four Knights Game, Spanish, Classical Variation, C48, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1277968 Achilles Frydman vs Jan Foltys, Jurata 1937, 4th POL-ch, Budapest Gambit, A52, 1/2-1/2]References
* [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/ww2.htm Chess During World War II by Bill Wall]
* [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/who.htm Who's Who In Chess by Bill Wall]
* [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter05.html Edward Winter's Chess Notes - see 3567]
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