1833 - 1891
Louis Paulsen (15 January 1833 in Gut Nassengrund near Blomberg, Principality of Lippe – 18 August 1891) was a German chess player. In the 1860s and 1870s, he was among the top players in the world. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Paulsen has received more than 75,076 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Paulsen is the 76th most popular chess player (up from 83rd in 2019), the 3,181st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,046th in 2019) and the most popular German Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Louis Paulsen ranks 76 out of 374. Before him are Isaac Boleslavsky, Luděk Pachman, Alessandro Salvio, István Csom, Alexander Petrov, and Gideon Ståhlberg. After him are Friðrik Ólafsson, Grigory Levenfish, Lev Polugaevsky, Reuben Fine, Adolf Albin, and Pal Benko.
1919 - 1977
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 70
1924 - 2003
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 71
1570 - 1640
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 72
1940 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 73
1799 - 1867
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 74
1908 - 1967
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 75
1833 - 1891
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 76
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 77
1889 - 1961
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 78
1934 - 1995
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 79
1914 - 1993
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 80
1848 - 1920
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 81
1928 - 2019
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 82
Among people born in 1833, Louis Paulsen ranks 38. Before him are Theodor Meynert, Zacharie Astruc, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, Kâmil Pasha, Peter Waage, and Robert G. Ingersoll. After him are Benedykt Dybowski, Lazarus Fuchs, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Maurice Loewy, Félix Bracquemond, and J. E. B. Stuart. Among people deceased in 1891, Louis Paulsen ranks 66. Before him are Pōmare V, Charles Stewart Parnell, Konstantin Leontiev, Alexander Potebnja, Amalia Lindegren, and James Russell Lowell. After him are Antero de Quental, Adolphe Alphand, Miklós Ybl, José María Iglesias, Theodor Aman, and Karl Maximovich.
1833 - 1892
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 32
1833 - 1907
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 33
1833 - 1910
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 34
1833 - 1913
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 35
1833 - 1900
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 36
1833 - 1899
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 37
1833 - 1891
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 38
1833 - 1930
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 39
1833 - 1902
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 40
1833 - 1912
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 41
1833 - 1907
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 42
1833 - 1914
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 43
1833 - 1864
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 44
1839 - 1891
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 60
1846 - 1891
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 61
1831 - 1891
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 62
1835 - 1891
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 63
1814 - 1891
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 64
1819 - 1891
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 65
1833 - 1891
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 66
1842 - 1891
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 67
1817 - 1891
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 68
1814 - 1891
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 69
1823 - 1891
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 70
1831 - 1891
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 71
1827 - 1891
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 72
Among people born in Germany, Louis Paulsen ranks 3,181 out of 6,142. Before him are Jackson Browne (1948), Kurt Schmitt (1886), Oscar Hertwig (1849), Karl Lehmann (1936), Paul Leni (1885), and Karl Philipp Moritz (1756). After him are Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1748), Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg (1852), Rudi Gutendorf (1926), Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), Karl Gegenbaur (1826), and Friedrich von Gärtner (1791).
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 3,175
1886 - 1950
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 3,176
1849 - 1922
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 3,177
1936 - 2018
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 3,178
1885 - 1929
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 3,179
1756 - 1793
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 3,180
1833 - 1891
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 3,181
1748 - 1820
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 3,182
1852 - 1925
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 3,183
1926 - 2019
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 3,184
1867 - 1958
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 3,185
1826 - 1903
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 3,186
1791 - 1847
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 3,187
Among chess players born in Germany, Louis Paulsen ranks 1. After him are Friedrich Sämisch (1896), Robert Hübner (1948), Jacques Mieses (1865), Jean Dufresne (1829), Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), Wolfgang Uhlmann (1935), Wolfgang Unzicker (1925), Sonja Graf (1908), Hermann Pilnik (1914), Bernhard Horwitz (1807), and Carl Mayet (1810).
1833 - 1891
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 1
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 3
1865 - 1954
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 4
1829 - 1893
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 5
1818 - 1899
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 6
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 7
1925 - 2006
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 8
1908 - 1965
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 9
1914 - 1981
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 10
1807 - 1885
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 11
1810 - 1868
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 12