Swiss Chess Player
1. Werner Hug (1952)
Swiss Chess Player
A chess Grandmaster who dominated Swiss chess in the 1970s. He took first in the 1975 Swiss Championship.
2. Walter Michel (1888)
Swiss Chess Player
Michel was a Swiss chess master. He took 4th at Berne 1925 won the Swiss Championship at Geneva 1926 took 17th at Semmering 1926 and took 4th at Le Pont....
3. Max Pestalozzi (1857)
Swiss Chess Player
Max Pestalozzi was a Swiss chess master. Son of Adolf Salomon banker and Magdalena Berta Schulthess. He was a mathematician until 1889. From 1889 to 1921 he worked for the...
4. Moriz Henneberger (1878)
Swiss Chess Player
Moriz Henneberger was a Swiss chess master. He was Swiss Champion in 1899 1906 1909 1911 and 1914. He played for Switzerland in the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague...
5. Max Blau (1918)
Swiss Chess Player
Max Blau was a Swiss chess master. He won the Swiss Chess Championship four times and was awarded the International Master title in 1953. Blau represented Switzerland in Chess Olympiads...
6. Walter Henneberger (1883)
Swiss Chess Player
Henneberger was a Swiss chess master. He was Swiss Champion in 1904 1906 1911 and 1912. He took 16th at The Hague 1928. took 6th at Winterthur 1931. He shared...
7. Dieter Keller (1936)
Swiss Chess Player
Dieter René Keller is a Swiss chess master. In 1953 he tied for 5-8th in Copenhagen. In 1955 he took 6th in Antwerp. In 1955 he took 4th in San...
8. Erwin Voellmy (1886)
Swiss Chess Player
Erwin Voellmy was a Swiss chess master. Dr. Erwin Voellmy a mathematics teacher by profession edited for 40 years the chess column in Basler Nachrichten and was an author of...
9. Oskar Naegeli (1885)
Swiss Chess Player
Prof. Dr. Oskar Naegeli was a Swiss dermatologist and chess master. He represented Switzerland at the Chess Olympiads in 1927 1928 1931 and 1935 as well as at the unofficial...
10. Hans Johner (1889)
Swiss Chess Player
Hans Johner was a Swiss chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1950 having been Swiss Champion on a number of occasions.
11. Paul Johner (1887)
Swiss Chess Player
Paul Johner was a Swiss chess master. A noted musician elder brother of Hans Johner he won the Swiss Championship in 1907 1908 1925 1928 1930 and 1932. He played...
12. Hans Fahrni (1874)
Swiss Chess Player
Hans Fahrni was a Swiss chess master. In 1892 he was joint Swiss chess champion. In 1902 he took 12th in Hanover. In 1904 he won in Coburg. In 1905...
13. Fritz Gygli (1896)
Swiss Chess Player
z Gygli was a Swiss chess master. He tied for 3rd-4th at St.
14. Peter Leepin (1920)
Swiss Chess Player
Peter Leepin was a Swiss chess master. He took 16th place at Munich 1941 where Gösta Stoltz won took 4th in the Swiss Chess Championship at Lucerne 1950 where Hans...
15. Yannick Pelletier (1976)
Swiss Chess Player
Yannick Pelletier is a Swiss chess player. He completed his final Grandmaster norm at the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul and was officially awarded the Grandmaster title in 2001.
