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:[1]

• Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Army Lieutenant and author of the Handbuch des Schachspiels, the most influential chess book for 90 years;
• Dr. Ludwig Bledow, teacher of mathematics and the Pleiades co-founder;
• Wilhelm Hanstein, civil servant;
• Bernhard Horwitz, painter;
• Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, later became a Prussian diplomat and chess historian;
• Carl Mayet, barrister and judge;
• Carl Schorn, painter.