Charles Doerner (27 February 1912 – unknown) was a

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chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player, eleven times Luxembourg Chess Championship winner (1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952).

Biography

From the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s Charles Doerner was the leading Luxembourgian chess player. He eleven times won Luxembourg Chess Championships: in 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, and 1952. Charles Doerner was member of chess club ''Esch Rochade''. He participated in international chess tournament in

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(1946) and Zonal tournament in

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(1947). Charles Doerner played for Luxembourg in the

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s: * In 1952, at first board in the

10th Chess Olympiad The 10th Chess Olympiad ( fi, 10. Shakkiolympialaiset; sv, Den 10:e Schackolympiad), organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team t ...

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(+1, =1, -12), * In 1954, at first board in the

11th Chess Olympiad The 11th Chess Olympiad ( nl, De 11e Schaakolympiade), organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as well as several o ...

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(+2, =3, -4). Charles Doerner played for Luxembourg in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

preliminaries: * In 1957, at first board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =1, -1).

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chess games at 365chess.com 1912 births Year of death missing Luxembourgian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Luxembourg-bio-stub