Oskar Naegeli
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Oskar Naegeli (born 25 January 1885 in Ermatingen – died 16 November 1959 in Fribourg), was a Swiss dermatologist and chess master. He represented Switzerland at the Chess Olympiads in 1927, 1928, 1931 and 1935,[1] as well as at the unofficial Olympiad in 1936 at Munich.[2]
Naegeli won twice Swiss Chess Championship (1910 and 1936).[3] He lost a match to Ossip Bernstein (1 : 3) in 1932,[4] and to Salo Flohr (2 : 4) in 1933.[5] He participated in the strong international tournaments at Berne 1932 and Zurich 1934, both won by Alexander Alekhine. He was the brother of Otto Naegeli and is a great-uncle of Harald Naegeli.[6]
In the field of dermatology, the Naegeli syndrome is named after him.
Sources[]
- ^ Földeák, Árpád: Schach-Olympiaden, Verlag Walter ten Have, Amsterdam, 1971
- ^ Richter, Kurt (Hrsg.): Schach-Olympia München 1936, Zwei Teile in einem Band, Reprint (Zürich,1997) der Ausgaben Berlin und Leipzig 1936
- ^ Whyld, Ken: Chess – The Records, Guinness Books, Enfield, 1986
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-06-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Feenstra Kuiper, Dr.P: Hundert Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, Die bedeutendsten Schachzweikämpfe 1851–1950, Verlag Walter ten Have, Amsterdam, 1967
- ^ personal message by Harald Naegeli, 03.June 2006 in Düsseldorf
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