Paulino (Paulin) Frydman (26 May 1905 in Warsaw,[1][2] Poland – 2 February 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish chess master.

In July 1936, he took equal 6th at Bad Poděbrady; (Salo Flohr won), despite having led the tournament after nine games with a score of 8-1.

Suffering what Andy Soltis describes as a "nervous breakdown" after a loss to Alexander Alekhine, Frydman scored only 1.5 points in his last eight games.

In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Frydman, like many of the 8th Chess Olympiad participants (Najdorf, Stahlberg, et al.), decided to stay in Argentina permanently.

[10] In September 1939, after the Olympiad, Frydman tied for 5th/6th in Buenos Aires (Circulo, Najdorf and Keres won).