Elise Johanna Vogel ( lv, Elīza Johanna Fogele, née Kalsing; 26 June 1895 – date of death unknown) was a Latvian

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player of

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origin.

Biography

The German newspaper "Rigasches Stadtblätter" preserved the news that Elise Johanna Kalsing christened the

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at end of July 1895. In April 1928 she married with clerk Johannes Vogel and adopted her husband's last name. In the 1930s Vogel was one of the first Latvian women chess players to successfully participate in the Latvian women's chess championships and others chess tournaments, including men's competitions. In 1937 she divided first place with

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in foundation Latvian women's chess championship (both players have 8,5 points from 9) but lost an additional match with 0:4. In 1938 at second Latvian women's chess championship Vogel divided first place with Emīlija Šmite and Marta Krūmiņa. In 1939 she won Latvian women's chess championship additional tournament and become a second Latvian women chess master. In the same year, Vogel won Latvian Chamber of Labour women's tournament and with German workers union team become Latvian Chamber of Labour team tournament winner and won first place on her Board 7 in the men's competition. In December 1939 she participated in the Latvian Chess Union Class A classification tournament, where draw with

Karlis Ozols Karlis Aleksandrs Ozols ( lv, Kārlis Aleksandrs Ozols; 9 August 1912, in Riga – 23 March 2001, in Australia) was a Latvian lieutenant in the Nazi-controlled Latvian Auxiliary Police and a member of Heinrich Himmler's SS during WW2. After late ...

. It was the last known Vogel chess tournament. In December 1939 her husband Johannes Vogel due to Baltic German repatriation to Germany have been released from the Latvian citizenship. Vogel family were resettled from Latvia by early 1940. During

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in December 1943, Vogel name last appeared in a newspaper in connection with the funeral of her father, Robert Kalsing. The information about her year of death is missing.

References

1895 births Chess players from Riga Latvian female chess players Latvian chess players Baltic-German people Year of death unknown {{Latvia-chess-bio-stub