Achilles Frydman

Achilles Frydman

Biography

He lived in Lodz where he took 4th place (1930, 1931, 1934) and tied for 5-6th (1933) in city championships. In 1935, he took 5th in Warsaw (3rd POL-ch). The event was won by Savielly Tartakower. In 1935, he took 7th in Lodz (Tartakower won). In 1936, he won in Lodz. In 1937, he resigned from the 4th Polish championships in Jurata because of illness.

In 1940, Achilles Frydman was arrested by Nazis in Warsaw, and died in a concentration camp.

Notable chess games

• Alexander Alekhine vs Achilles Frydman, Lodz 1928, Queen's Indian Defense, Capablanca Variation, E16, 1/2-1/2
• Achilles Frydman vs Stanisław Zawadzki, Warsaw 1935, 3rd POL-ch, Four Knights Game, Spanish, Classical Variation, C48, 1-0
• Achilles Frydman vs Jan Foltys, Jurata 1937, 4th POL-ch, Budapest Gambit, A52, 1/2-1/2