Max Pestalozzi (1857 in

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– 1925 in Zurich) was a Swiss

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master. Son of Adolf Salomon, banker, and Magdalena Berta Schulthess. He was a mathematician until 1889. From 1889 to 1921 he worked for the

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. He was co-founder and first president of the '' Schachgesellschaft Zürich'', the oldest chess club in the world. He was joint Swiss champion in 1889, 1890 and 1901, and defeated

Dietrich Duhm Dietrich Duhm (1880 in Göttingen – 22 July 1954 in Gailingen am Hochrhein) was a German–Swiss chess master. Born in Göttingen, Germany, he was the brother of Hans Duhm and Andreas Duhm. His father, Bernhard Duhm, was a professor for Prote ...

in 1900.Max Pestalozzi vs Dietrich Duhm (1900)
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Bibliography

* F. Schumacher, ''Das eidgenössische Eisenbahndepartement'', 1914, 321 * ''Der Bund'', 10.6.1925 * ''Schweizerische Schachzeitung / Revue Suisse D'Echecs / Rivista Scacchistica Svizzera'', 1925, 108 sg.; 1989, 81 sg. * ''The World’s Oldest Chess Club: Part I (1809–1914)'', https://web.archive.org/web/20131015163527/http://en.chessbase.com/home/TabId/211/PostId/4005531 (retrieved 15/10/13). * ''Two great presidents'', https://web.archive.org/web/20140716155210/http://www.sgzurich2009.ch/pages/jubeAds/presidents.php?lang=en (retrieved 15/10/13). * ''Dizionario storico della Svizzera'', http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/i/I26417.php?topdf=1 (in Italian, retrieved 15/10/13).

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