Walter Henneberger (19 May 1883, Ennenda – 15 January 1969, Zurich) 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 disti ...

master. He was Swiss Champion in 1904, 1906 (jointly), 1911 (jointly), and 1912. He took 16th at The Hague 1928 (

World Amateur Chess Championship The World Amateur Chess Championship is a tournament organised by FIDE. The world governing body intended to promote amateur chess play by holding championship tournaments linked to the Olympic Games, but only two events were held. History The fi ...

Max Euwe Machgielis "Max" Euwe (; May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as ...

won). took 6th at Winterthur 1931 (SUI-ch,

Aron Nimzowitsch Aron Nimzowitsch ( lv, Ārons Nimcovičs, russian: Аро́н Иса́евич Нимцо́вич, ''Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich''; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Latvian-born Danish chess player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimz ...

won – off contest). He shared 9th at Bern 1932 (

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 ...

won), took 10th at Zürich 1934 (Alekhine won), took 11th at Bad Liebwerda 1934 (

Salo Flohr Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. He was among the first recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Flohr dominated many tournam ...

won), and tied for 5-8th at Lucerne 1950 (SUI-ch, Hans Johner won).Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
/ref> He played for Switzerland in friendly matches against Yugoslavia (1949), Belgium (1950), and West Germany (1952).

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* 1883 births 1969 deaths Swiss chess players {{Switzerland-chess-bio-stub