Erwin Voellmy (9 September 1886, Herzogenbuchsee – 15 January 1951, Basel) was a Swiss chess master.
Voellmy, a mathematics teacher by profession, edited the chess column in Basler Nachrichten for 40 years, and was an author of several chess books.
He was Swiss Champion three times; in 1911 (jointly), 1920 and 1922. Voellmy represented Switzerland at:
- the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924 (+6 –2 =5),
- the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928 (+5 –2 =4),
- the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 (+5 –7 =5).
He won team bronze medal at Paris 1924.
He shared 1st with Alexander Alekhine and Oskar Naegeli at Bern 1932 (Qudrangular).
References
- "Erwin Voellmy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-X (2. N-Z)
- OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
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