List of Swiss chess players

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Listed are master players who have been national champions, have an IM or GM title, have an Elo rating of over 2400, or are outstanding correspondence chess players.

A.

Enrique Almada (* 1963), Uruguayan national champion
Trudy André , national champion
Emiliano Aranovitch (* 1977), international champion

B.

Ulrich Bachmann , national champion
Martin Ballmann (* 1968), international champion
Fabian Bänziger (* 2002), international master
Madeleine Batchinsky-Gaille (1922–2008), national champion
Claude Baumann (* 1953), national champion
Philippe Berclaz , correspondence chess grandmaster
Edwin Bhend (* 1931), international champion, national champion
Max Blau (1918–1984), international champion, national champion
Sebastian Bogner (* 1991), grandmaster, national champion
Lucas Brunner (* 1967), grandmaster
Ralph Buss (* 1982), international master

C.

Julien Carron (* 1985), international champion
Martin Christoffel (1922–2001), international champion, national champion
Oscar Corrodi , national champion
Jean-Luc Costa (* 1965), international master

D.

Miroslav Desancic (* 1948), international master
Alexandre Domont (* 1962), international master
Andreas Duhm (1883–1975), national champion
Dietrich Duhm (1880–1954), national champion
Hans Duhm (1878–1946), national champion

E.

Jules Ehrat , national champion
Ernst Eichhorn (1946–2006), correspondence chess grandmaster
Roland Ekström (* 1956), international champion, national champion

F.

Hans Fahrni (1874–1939), historical chess master
Paul Fahrni , national champion
Maria Fässler , national champion
Branko Filipović (* 1957), international master
Hung Fioramonti (* 1966), international master
K. Fischler , national champion
Robert Fontaine (* 1980), Grand Master
Richard Forster (* 1975), international master
Giancarlo Franzoni (* 1961), international master

G

Gabriel Gähwiler (* 1994), international master
Joseph Gallagher (* 1964), Grand Master
Viktor Gavrikov (1957-2016), grandmaster
Lena Georgescu (* 1999), international female champion, national champion
Nico Georgiadis (* 1996), Grand Master
Richard Gerber (* 1965), international master
Ernő Gereben (1907–1988), international master
Fernand Gobet (* 1962), international master
Gottardo Gottardi (* 1961), correspondence chess grandmaster
Henry Grob (1904–1974), international champion, national champion
Evi Grünenwald-Reimer (* 1964), national champion
Fritz Gygli (1896–1980), national champion

H

Ghazal Hakimifard (* 1994), Grand Master of Women
Carl Hamppe (1814–1876), historical master player
Alfred Hänni , national champion
Gundula Heinatz (* 1969), international champion, national champion
Moriz Henneberger (1878–1959), national champion
Walter Henneberger (1883–1969), historical master player, national champion
Sabina Hernandez Penna (* 1973), international champion
Michael Hochstrasser (* 1976), international master
Werner Hug (* 1952), international champion, youth world champion
Barbara Hund (* 1959), Grand Master
Cécile Huser , national champion
Andreas Huss (* 1950), international champion, national champion

I.

Christian Issler (* 1947), correspondence chess grandmaster

J

Florian Jenni (* 1980), grandmaster, national champion
Hans Johner (1889–1975), historical master player, national champion
Paul Johner (1887–1938), historical master player, national champion
Egon Joppen (* 1926), historical master player

K

Hansjürg Känel (* 1952), international champion, national champion
Nedeljko Kelecevic (* 1947), international master
Dieter Keller (* 1936), international champion, national champion
Markus Klauser (* 1958), international champion, national champion
Anne Knecht , national champion
Rolf Knobel (* 1963), correspondence chess grandmaster
Viktor Kortschnoi (1931–2016), grandmaster, national champion
Kurt Krantz , national champion
Simon Kümin (* 1982), international master
Karl Kunz , national champion
Josef Kupper (1932–2017), international champion, national champion
Oliver Kurmann (* 1985), international champion

L.

Jonas Lampert, 2016
Mathilde Laeuger-Gasser , national champion
Jonas Lampert (* 1997), international master
Claude Landenbergue (* 1964), international master
Tatjana Lematschko (1948–2020), Grand Master, National Champion
Theres Leu , national champion
Paulin Lob , national champion
André Lombard (* 1950), international champion, national champion
Roland Lötscher (* 1982), international master
Myrta Ludwig (1928–2003), national champion
Elsa Lüssy , national champion

M.

Marcel Markus , national champion
Yaacov Mashian (* 1938), Iranian master
Eugen Meyer , national champion
Walter Michel (1888–?), National champion
Goran Milošević (* 1964), international champion
Vadim Milov (* 1972), grandmaster, national champion
Olivier Moor (* 1976), international champion
Roger Moor (* 1976), international champion
Ernst Müller , national champion
Leonhard Müller (* 1967), Namibian national champion from Switzerland
Monika Müller-Seps (* 1986), Grand Master of Women

N

Oskar Naegeli (1885–1959), historical master player, national champion
Anna Näpfer , national champion
Ivan Nemet (1943–2007), grand master
Erwin Nievergelt (1929–2018), master player
Gerard Nüesch (* 1977), master player

P

Enrico Paoli (1908–2005), Honorary Grand Master, International Master
Severin Papa (* 1985), international master
Charles Partos (1936–2015), international master
Yannick Pelletier (* 1976), grandmaster
Max Pestalozzi (1856–?), National champion
Artur Popławski (1860–1918), national champion
Alex Popoff , national champion

R.

Erika Reust (* 1949), national champion
William Rivier , historical master
Monique Ruck-Petit (* 1942), national champion
Matthias Rüfenacht (* 1956), grandmaster in correspondence chess

S.

Hermann Sack , national champion
Heinz Schaufelberger (1947–2020), national champion
Rolf Scherer , correspondence chess grandmaster
Elisabeth Schild , national champion
Silvia Schladetzky , national champion
Shahanah Schmid (* 1976), national champion
Guillaume Sermier (* 1978), international master
Camille De Seroux (* 1993), International Women's Champion
Adolf Staehelin (1901–1965), national champion
Josef Steiner (1932–2003), correspondence chess grandmaster
Laura Stoeri (* 1996), national champion
Alfred Stooss , national champion
Ernst Strehle , national champion
Noël Studer (* 1996), Grandmaster, National Champion
Daniel Summermatter (* 1964), master player
Oliver Sutter (* 1970), master player

T

Anton Thaler (* 1959), correspondence chess grandmaster
Catherine Thürig (* 1958), national champion
Serge Tordion , national champion
Bela Toth (* 1943), international master and correspondence chess grandmaster
Markus Trepp (1961–1994), international master

V

Vanda Veprek-Bilinski (* 1944), national champion
Erwin Voellmy (1886–1951), historical master player, national champion
Alexandre Vuilleumier (* 1982), international master

W.

Edgar Walther (1930–2013), international master in correspondence chess
Carla Wettstein (* 1946), national champion
Lina Wiget , national champion
Heinz Wirthensohn (* 1951), international master

Z

Rico Zenklusen (* 1981), international champion
Otto Zimmermann (1892–1979), national champion
Beat Züger (* 1961), international master

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Enrique Almada played for the Uruguayan Chess Federation until 1990 and won the Uruguayan Individual Championship in 1988 and 1989.
  2. ↑ Emiliano Aranovitch has been playing for the Italian Chess Federation since 1996.
  3. ↑ Sebastian Bogner played for the German Chess Federation until 2013 .
  4. ↑ Lucas Brunner played for the German Chess Federation until 1989.
  5. ↑ Miroslav Desancic played for the Yugoslav Chess Federation until 1990.
  6. ↑ Roland Ekström played for the Swedish Chess Federation until 1993.
  7. ↑ Branko Filipović played for the Yugoslav chess federation until 2001 and for the Croatian chess federation from 2001 to 2016.
  8. ↑ Robert Fontaine played for the French chess federation until 2016 and for the Monegasque chess federation from 2016 to 2018.
  9. ^ Joseph Gallagher played for the English Chess Federation until 1994.
  10. ↑ Viktor Gavrikov played for the Soviet chess federation until 1991 and for the Lithuanian chess federation from 1992 to 1993. Since 1998 he played again for the Lithuanian Chess Federation.
  11. ↑ Ghazal Hakimifard played for the Iranian Chess Federation until 2020.
  12. ↑ Gundula Heinatz played for the German Chess Federation of the GDR until 1990 and for the German Chess Federation from 1991 to 2001.
  13. ↑ Sabina Hernandez Penna played for the Argentine Chess Federation until 2005 and for the Italian Chess Federation from 2005 to 2018.
  14. ↑ Barbara Hund played for the German Chess Federation until 1990.
  15. ↑ Nedeljko Kelecevic played for the Yugoslav Chess Federation until 1993 and for the Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Federation from 1994 to 2008.
  16. ↑ Viktor Korchnoi played for the Soviet Chess Federation until 1977.
  17. ↑ Jonas Lampert has been playing for the German Chess Federation since 2008.
  18. ↑ Tatiana Lematschko played for the Soviet chess federation until 1973 and for the Bulgarian chess federation from 1974 to 1982.
  19. ↑ Yaacov Mashian played for the Swiss Chess Federation from 1972 to 1975 . Before that he played for the Iranian Chess Federation, then for the Israeli Chess Federation.
  20. ↑ Goran Milošević played for the Yugoslav Chess Federation until 1995.
  21. ↑ Vadim Milov played for the Soviet chess federation until 1992, for the Russian chess federation in 1992 and for the Israeli chess federation from 1993 to 1996.
  22. ↑ Leonhard Müller has been playing for the Namibian Chess Federation since 1994.
  23. ↑ Ivan Nemet played for the Yugoslav Chess Federation until 1990.
  24. ↑ Enrico Paoli played for the Italian Chess Federation before 2003.
  25. ^ Charles Partos played for the Romanian Chess Federation until 1978.
  26. ↑ Monique Ruck-Petit became national champion in 1979, but did not play for the Swiss Chess Federation, but for the French Chess Federation.
  27. ↑ Guillaume Sermier played for the French Chess Federation until 2009.
  28. ↑ Bela Toth plays correspondence chess for the Swiss Chess Federation and close-up chess for the Italian Chess Federation.