Bledow Ludwig Erdman (27.07.1795 – 06.08.1846)

German chess player and composer. A teacher of mathematics. He was a member of the Berlin Pleiades.

Best results: Winner of a row of matches, including the match with Adolf Andersen 4-1. Chairman of the Berlin chess club in 1836 he founded 10 years later the first and famous German chess magazine

Chairman of the Berlin chess club in 1836 he founded 10 years later the first and famous German chess magazine DeutscheSchachzeitung. Later he inspired Paul Rudolf Bilguer and Tassilo von der Lasa to produce their famous Handbuch.
In the 1830’s he organized the first correspondence matches in Germany (Berlin-Breslau, Berlin-Hamburg, Berlin-Magdeburg, etc.).