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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Louis Paulsen
   Born:    1833-Jan
   Died:    1891-Aug
   Best World Rank:    #1 (39 different months between the April 1862 rating list and the July 1878 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2710 on the October 1862 rating list, #1 in world, age 29y9m
   Best Individual Performance:    2660 in Frankfurt, 1887, scoring 7.5/13 (58%) vs 2622-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    1st American Chess Congress (New York), 1857  not rated on January 1857 list   -   +3 (9.5/16, 59%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Bristol, 1861  not rated on September 1861 list   [2618]   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +1 (2/3, 67%) vs 2632-rated opposition   N/A 
    Kolisch-Paulsen Match (London), 1861  not rated on October 1861 list   2652   +1 (16/31, 52%)   +1 (16/31, 52%) vs 2624-rated opposition   N/A 
    Paulsen-Kolisch Offhand Games, 1862  2654 (#2 on January 1862 list)   -   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Dubois-Paulsen Match (London), 1862  2654 (#2 on January 1862 list)   -   = (2/4, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    London, 1862  2663 (#1 on June 1862 list)   2603   +7 (10/13, 77%)   +4 (6/8, 75%) vs 2484-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Paulsen-Anderssen Offhand Games, 1862  2663 (#1 on June 1862 list)   -   +4 (4.5/5, 90%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Anderssen-Paulsen I (London), 1862  2677 (#1 on July 1862 list)   2627   = (4/8, 50%)   = (4/8, 50%) vs 2655-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Lange-Paulsen Match (Leipzig), 1864  2697 (#1 on February 1864 list)   -   +3 (5/7, 71%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Neumann-Paulsen Match (Berlin), 1864  2694 (#1 on May 1864 list)   -   +3 (6.5/10, 65%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Hamburg, 1869  not rated on July 1869 list   [2549]   +2 (5/8, 63%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2539-rated opposition   N/A 
    Baden-Baden, 1870  2638 (#5 on July 1870 list)   2581   -2 (6.5/15, 43%)   -2 (6.5/15, 43%) vs 2621-rated opposition   -1.3 
    Anderssen-Paulsen II (Baden-Baden), 1870  2627 (#5 on August 1870 list)   [2739]   +2 (2.5/3, 83%)   +2 (2.5/3, 83%) vs 2744-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Krefeld, 1871  2654 (#4 on August 1871 list)   [2592]   +4 (5.5/7, 79%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2589-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Vienna, 1873  2624 (#3 on July 1873 list)   2545   +4 (15/26, 58%)   -2 (5.5/13, 42%) vs 2587-rated opposition   -1.6 
    Anderssen-Paulsen III (Leipzig), 1876  2561 (#10 on July 1876 list)   2600   +1 (5.5/10, 55%)   +1 (5.5/10, 55%) vs 2582-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Leipzig, 1876  2561 (#10 on July 1876 list)   [2475]   +1 (3/5, 60%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2498-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Anderssen-Paulsen IV (Leipzig), 1877  2599 (#8 on July 1877 list)   2626   +2 (5.5/9, 61%)   +2 (5.5/9, 61%) vs 2583-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Leipzig, 1877  2599 (#8 on July 1877 list)   [2552]   +7 (9/11, 82%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2614-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Frankfurt, 1878  2694 (#1 on July 1878 list)   [2592]   +7 (8/9, 89%)   +3 (3/3, 100%) vs 2474-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Paulsen-Schwarz Match (Leipzig), 1879  2688 (#2 on July 1879 list)   2613   +3 (5/7, 71%)   +3 (5/7, 71%) vs 2527-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Leipzig, 1879  2688 (#2 on July 1879 list)   2539   +5 (7/9, 78%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2470-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Braunschweig, 1880  2666 (#2 on July 1880 list)   2652   +8 (9/10, 90%)   +7 (7.5/8, 94%) vs 2439-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Wiesbaden, 1880  2666 (#2 on July 1880 list)   2479   = (7.5/15, 50%)   -2 (4.5/11, 41%) vs 2520-rated opposition   -2.9 
    Berlin, 1881  2645 (#6 on August 1881 list)   2521   = (8/16, 50%)   -1 (4.5/10, 45%) vs 2547-rated opposition   -1.7 
    Vienna, 1882  2616 (#10 on May 1882 list)   2620   +1 (16.5/32, 52%)   -1 (11/23, 48%) vs 2623-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Nuremberg, 1883  2608 (#11 on July 1883 list)   2505   -2 (8/18, 44%)   -3 (5/13, 38%) vs 2565-rated opposition   -2.2 
    Frankfurt, 1887  not rated on July 1887 list   2660   +2 (11/20, 55%)   +2 (7.5/13, 58%) vs 2622-rated opposition   N/A 
    Nuremberg, 1888  2611 (#13 on January 1888 list)   2548   = (5/10, 50%)   = (4/8, 50%) vs 2556-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Breslau, 1889  2590 (#17 on July 1889 list)   2650   +3 (10/17, 59%)   +3 (9.5/16, 59%) vs 2589-rated opposition   +1.5