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Paulino (Paulin) Frydman (born 26 May 1905 in Poland - died 2 February 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish chess master.

In 1922, Paulin Frydman took 2 nd place, behind Kazimierz Makarczyk at Warsaw. In 1923, he tied for 2nd-4th, behind Alexander Flamberg, at Warsaw. In 1926, he tied for 1st with Abram Blass at Warsaw. In 1926, he took 2nd, behind Dawid Przepiórka, in the 1st Championship of Poland at Warsaw. In 1927, he tied for 5th-7th in the 2nd Championship of Poland at Lodz. The event was won by Akiba Rubinstein. In 1928, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Makarczyk, behind Blass, at Warsaw. In 1930, he took 4th at Lodz. In 1930 he won at Sopot. In 1930, he won at Warsaw. Four times Frydman won the Warsaw championship (1931, 1932, 1933, and 1936).

Paulin Frydman played for Poland at the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928, 3rd Olympiad at Hamburg 1930, 4 th Olympiad at Prague 1931, 5th Olympiad at Folkestone 1933, 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935, 7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937, and the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939. Summary, he took ten olympic medals (six for a team – one gold at Hamburg, two silver, three bronze, and four individuals – two silver in 1935 and 1939, two bronze in 1933 and 1937). Frydman lead Polish team (2nd place) in unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936. At all these events he won 53, drew 42, and lost 16 games (67%).

In 1934 he tied for 3rd-4th with Salo Flohr at Budapest (Ujpest). At the 3rd Championship of Poland at Warsaw in 1935, he tied for 2 nd-4 th with Mieczyslaw Najdorf and Henryk Friedman, behind Savielly Tartakower. In Spring 1935, Paulin Frydman drew a match against Rudolf Spielmann at Warsaw (+0 –0 =5). In October 1935, he won at Helsinki, ahead of Paul Keres and beat 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 Podebrady. In September 1938, he took 7th at Lodz.

In September 1939, when WW II was broke out, Frydman like many of the 8th Chess Olympiad participants (Najdorf, Stahlberg, Eliskases, Michel, Engels, Becker, Reinhardt, Pelikan, Skalička, Luckis, Feigins, Raud, Czerniak, Rauch, Winz, Gromer, Sulik, Seitz, de Ronde, Kleinstein, Sonja Graf, etc.) had decided to stay permanently in Argentina.

In September 1939, after the 8th Olympiad, Frydman tied for 5th-6th at Buenos Aires (Circulo). In 1941, he tied for 4th-5th at Mar del Plata, took 3rd at Buenos Aires (Bodes la Plata), won at Buenos Aires, and tied for 3rd-4th at Sao Pedro de Piracicaba. In 1942, he had to resign play professional chess because of health.

Frydman was awarded the IM title in 1955.

• Paulin Frydman vs Erik Andersen, The Hague 1928, 2nd Olympiad, Bogo-Indian Defense, E11, 1-0
• Paulin Frydman vs Milan Vidmar, Ujpest 1934, Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, D13, 1-0
• Paulin Frydman vs Paul Keres, Helsinki 1935, Queen's Gambit Declined, D52, 1-0
• Paulin Frydman vs Massimiliano Romi, Munich (ol) 1936, Grünfeld Defense, 1-0.
• Paulin Frydman vs Isakas Vistaneckis, Stockholm 1937, 7th Olympiad, QGD, 1-0. A rout!
• Paulin Frydman vs Mieczyslaw (Miguel) Najdorf, Lodz 1938, Slav Defense, Steiner Variation, D16, 1-0
• Paulin Frydman vs Gösta Danielsson, Buenos Aires 1939, 8th Olympiad, Queen's-Indian Defense, 1-0