Pleiades (disambiguation) — Pleiades can refer to: *Pleiades (star cluster) open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus *Pleiades (mythology) seven sisters of Greek mythology *Pleiades (company) a software and educational services company *Pleiads a video game for the … Wikipedia
Adolf Anderssen — Infobox chess player playername = Adolf Anderssen birthname = Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen country = GER datebirth = birth date|1818|7|6 placebirth = Breslau, now Wrocław Poland datedeath = death date and age|1879|3|13|1818|7|6 placedeath = title … Wikipedia
Ludwig Bledow — Dr Ludwig Erdmann Bledow (July 27 1795, Berlin – August 6 1846) was a German chess master and chess organizer (co founder of the Berlin Pleiades).In 1846 he founded the first German chess magazine, Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft ,… … Wikipedia
Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa — Infobox chess player playername=Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa caption=Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa birthname=Tassilo, Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa country=GER datebirth=birth date|1818|10|17|df=y placebirth=Berlin, Germany… … Wikipedia
Jean Dufresne — (February 14 1829 – April 13 1893)citation last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author link=Jeremy Gaige year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography publisher=McFarland isbn=0 7864 2353 6 page=99] was a German chess player and chess composer. He … Wikipedia
Carl Mayet — Carl (Karl) Mayet (August 11, 1810, Berlin – May 18, 1868, Stettin, now Szczecin) was a German chess master. He was one of the most original of the Berlin Pleiades (the seven stars of German chess). [… … Wikipedia
Index of chess articles — Contents 1 Books 2 General articles 2.1 0–9 2.2 A … Wikipedia
CHESS — The Jewish contribution to chess on an appreciable scale dates from the middle of the 19th century. There is no basis for the claim that Jews invented chess, or that King Solomon played the game, as is related in the Midrash (Ginzberg, Legends 4 … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Handbuch des Schachspiels — ( Handbook of Chess , often simply called the Handbuch ) is a chess book, first published in 1843 by Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa. It was one of the most important opening references for many decades. [ Bilguer s Handbuch was the dominant… … Wikipedia
Wilhelm Hanstein — (3 August 1811, Berlin – 14 October 1850, Magdeburg) was a German chess player and writer.Hanstein was one of the Berlin Pleiades. He helped found Berliner Schachzeitung , later to become Deutsche Schachzeitung . He was a civil servant.In 1842,… … Wikipedia
