Louis Paulsen (1833-1891) (jan 15, 1833 – aug 18, 1891)

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Was a German chess player. In the 1860s and 1870s, he was among the top players in the world.

He put forward the idea that any brilliant attack would have failed against correct defense. His ideas were grasped by Wilhelm Steinitz, who declared that attack and defense have equal status, and particularly by Aron Nimzowitsch, who listed Paulsen among his six greatest "purely defensive players".

Paul Morphy and Paulsen were early masters of the game and of blindfold chess; they were capable of playing 10 blindfold games at the same time without any major errors.