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 The 1st Team Chess Tournament was held together with the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 12–20 July 1924, at the Hotel Majestic. Fifty-four players representing 18 countries were split into nine preliminary groups of six. The winner of each roun ...

at Paris 1924 (+6 –2 =5), * the

2nd Chess Olympiad The 2nd Chess Olympiad (), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 21 and August 6, 192 ...

at The Hague 1928 (+5 –2 =4), * the

3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation (''Grossdeutscher Schachbund'') as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events. Many Jewish chess players took part in the event. Si ...

at Munich 1936 (+5 –7 =5). He won team bronze medal at Paris 1924.OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
/ref> He shared 1st with

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine. He disliked when Russians sometimes pronounced the of as , , which he regarded as a Yiddish distortion of his name, and insisted that the correct Russian pronunciation was . (March 24, 1946) was a Russian ...

and

Oskar Naegeli Oskar Naegeli (25 January 1885 in Ermatingen – 16 November 1959 in Fribourg), was a Swiss chess player and dermatologist. He represented Switzerland at the Chess Olympiads in 1927, 1928, 1931 and 1935,Földeák, Árpád: Schach-Olympiaden, Ver ...

at Bern 1932 (''Qudrangular'').

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Erwin Voellmy´s games
1886 births 1951 deaths Swiss chess players Chess Olympiad competitors {{Switzerland-chess-bio-stub