Walter Michel
Walter Michel (November 26, 1888 – September 30, 1969) was a Swiss chess master.
He took 4th at Berne 1925 (Quadrangular, Alexander Alekhine won), won the Swiss Championship at Geneva 1926,[1] took 17th at Semmering 1926 (Rudolf Spielmann won), and took 4th at Le Pont (Quadrangular, Paul Johner won).[2]
Michel played for Switzerland in Chess Olympiads:
- In 1927 at reserve board in the 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+2 –1 =1);
- In 1928 at reserve board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+6 –3 =2);
- In 1931 at reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+5 –3 =7);
- In 1935 at third board in the 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+2 –9 =4).[3]
References
- ^ svizzera
- ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
- ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
External links
- Walter Michel player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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