Adolf Staehelin (also Adolf Stähelin; 5 April 1901 — 30 May 1965) was a Swiss

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,

Swiss Chess Championship The Swiss Chess Championship is held annually during two weeks of July. It is organised by the Swiss Chess Federation (the SSB), which has been a member of the overall governing body, Swiss Olympic, since 2000. The SSB is itself a relatively new org ...

winner (1927).

Biography

In the 1920s and 1930s, Adolf Staehelin was one of the leading Swiss chess players. In 1927, he won

. In 1932, Staehelin participated in strong International Chess Tournament in Bern (tournament won

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

). He was Vice President of the Zürich Chess Society. Staehelin played for Switzerland in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...

: * In 1935, at fourth board in the 6th Chess Olympiad in

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(+2, =3, -11). He played for Switzerland in the unofficial Chess Olympiad: * In 1936, at sixth board in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in

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(+4, =5, -9).

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chess games at 365chess.com 1901 births 1965 deaths Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt Swiss chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Switzerland-chess-bio-stub