Paulino Frydman

Paulino Frydman was a Polish chess master.

Career

In 1922, Paulin Frydman took 2nd place, behind Kazimierz Makarczyk in Warsaw. In 1923, he tied for 2nd-4th, behind Alexander Flamberg. In 1926, he shared 1st with Abram Blass, and took 2nd, behind Dawid Przepiórka, in the 1st Polish Chess Championship. In 1927, he tied for 5th-7th in the 2nd POL-ch in Łódź. The event was won by Akiba Rubinstein. In 1928, he tied for 2nd/3rd with Makarczyk, behind Blass. In 1930, he took 4th in Łódź, won in Sopot, and in Warsaw. Frydman won the Warsaw championship four times.
He played several matches; lost to Jakub Kolski at Łódź 1922, lost to Salomon Szapiro at Warsaw 1922, won against Kolski at Warsaw 1928, drew with Mieczysław Najdorf at Warsaw 1930, lost to Izaak Appel at Łódź 1932, and drew with Rudolf Spielmann in Warsaw in Spring 1935.
Frydman represented Poland eight times in Chess Olympiads:

2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928, second board
3rd Olympiad at Hamburg 1930, reserve board
4th Olympiad at Prague 1931, reserve board
5th Olympiad at Folkestone 1933, second board
6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935, second board
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936, first board
7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937, third board
8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939, third board.

In all, he took ten Olympic medals. Frydman led the Polish team at Munich 1936. At these events he won 53, drew 42, and lost 16 games.
In 1934, he tied for 3rd/4th with Salo Flohr at Budapest - Andor Lilienthal won. In the 3rd POL-ch at Warsaw 1935, he tied for 2nd-4th with Najdorf and Henryk Friedman, behind Savielly Tartakower. In October 1935, he won at Helsinki, ahead of Paul Keres, defeating him in their individual game. In April 1936 he tied for 4th/5th at Novi Sad.
In July 1936, he took equal 6th at Bad Poděbrady;, despite having led the tournament after nine games with a score of 8–1. Suffering what Andy Soltis describes as a "nervous breakdown" after a loss to Alexander Alekhine, 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 World War II broke out, Frydman, like many of the 8th Chess Olympiad participants, decided to stay in Argentina permanently.
In September 1939, after the Olympiad, Frydman tied for 5th/6th in Buenos Aires. He tied for 4th/5th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament, took 3rd in Buenos Aires, won in Buenos Aires, and tied for 3rd/4th at Águas de São Pedro/São Paulo 1941. In 1942, he had to retire from playing professional chess because of poor health.
Frydman was awarded the International Master title in 1955.

Notable chess games

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