Erwin Nievergelt
Erwin Nievergelt (born April 29, 1929 in Zurich ; † August 4, 2018 in Spain ) was a Swiss economist , business IT specialist and chess player .
Life
Erwin Nievergelt studied mathematics and in 1957 at the University of Zurich with a thesis on "The rank correlation U" to Dr. phil. PhD. From 1969 to 1970 he taught as a private lecturer in operations research at the University of Basel . In 1971 he was offered a professorship for general business administration, particularly with regard to electronic data processing and information systems, at the University of St. Gallen . In 1984 he switched to a part-time, associate professorship for computer science at his own request. At the same time, he was involved in the economy for forecasting techniques for foreign exchange rates with neural networks and artificial intelligence .
Nievergelt was known internationally as a chess player and was a member of the Swiss national team in the 1950s and 1960s; he was with this participant in the Chess Olympiads 1954 in Amsterdam and 1958 in Munich . At the Clare Benedict Cup , which was organized in Zurich in 1954, he finished second behind Lothar Schmid , but ahead of Max Euwe . He was the founder of the “Nimzowitsch” chess club in Zurich and was Swiss team champion five times. In 1957 he became Swiss runner-up.
In addition, he trained as a pianist at the level of “concert maturity”. As a pensioner he was an active triathlete . He lived in Calpe, Spain . He was married and had four children.
literature
- Antonio Iglesias Martín: Erwin Nievergelt: Entre la emociόn y el talento. Editorial Club Universitario, San Vicente 2005.
Web links
- Literature by and about Erwin Nievergelt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Erwin Nievergelt in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Markus Angst: The former Swiss national team player Erwin Nievergelt has died. In: Swiss Chess Federation of August 17, 2018.
swell
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1996, p. 1019.
- ↑ a b c Obituary notice Erwin Nievergelt , NZZ from 11./14. August 2018, accessed August 16, 2018.
- ↑ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Erwin Nievergelt. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved on August 16, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Karl Hofer: Light and Shadow on the White Coast , NZZ January 20, 2007, accessed on August 16, 2018.
- ^ Richard Forster: Between emotion and talent. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of December 2, 2005.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Never mind, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss economist and business IT specialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 2018 |
| Place of death | Spain |