Photograph courtesy of Hans Rudolf Voellmy.

Dr. Erwin Voellmy
Number of games in database: 44
Years covered: 1920 to 1936
Overall record: +17 -17 =9 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      D05 D02 A50 A46  Orthodox Defense (4)      D51 D63 D52	With the Black pieces:  Orthodox Defense (6)      D63 D51 D61

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DR. ERWIN VOELLMY (born Sep-09-1886, died Jan-15-1951) Switzerland [what is this?] Dr. Erwin Voellmy was born in Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland. He was Swiss Champion in 1911 (jointly), 1920 and 1922. A mathematics teacher by profession he edited for 40 years the chess column in "Basler Nachrichten" and was the Swiss representative at the first FIDE (World Chess Federation) meeting in 1924. He also was the chief editor of the Swiss Chess Magazine and wrote various chess books as well as mathematics textbooks and tables of logarithms. Apart from chess he was a talented illustrator, watercolorist and woodcarver. He passed away in Basel in 1951. Wikipedia article: Erwin Voellmy

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Voellmy vs Maracini   1-0 21 1920 SMX Lugano C29 Vienna Gambit 2. E Voellmy vs G Cenni   1-0 23 1922 ITA-SUI m D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 3. G Cenni vs E Voellmy   1-0 29 1922 ITA-SUI m B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 4. E Voellmy vs J A Seitz   ½-½ 36 1923 SUI-South Germany D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. J A Seitz vs E Voellmy   ½-½ 21 1923 SUI-South Germany D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 6. E Voellmy vs Hromadka   0-1 46 1924 Paris ol (Men) f-B A46 Queen's Pawn Game 7. J O'Hanlon vs E Voellmy   0-1 24 1924 Paris ol (Men) f-B C45 Scotch Game 8. G Renaud vs E Voellmy   0-1 26 1924 Paris ol (Men) prel-8 A48 King's Indian 9. E Voellmy vs J Schulz Sr   1-0 40 1924 Paris ol (Men) f-B B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 10. R Rey Ardid vs E Voellmy   ½-½ 33 1924 Paris ol (Men) prel-8 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 11. R Grau vs E Voellmy   ½-½ 15 1924 Paris ol (Men) f-B D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. E Voellmy vs D Daniuszewski 1-0 29 1924 Paris f-B A50 Queen's Pawn Game 13. E Voellmy vs F Lazard   ½-½ 65 1924 Paris ol (Men) f-B D02 Queen's Pawn Game 14. D Reca vs E Voellmy   ½-½ 50 1924 Paris ol (Men) f-B D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 15. E Voellmy vs Alekhine   1-0 30 1925 Basel sim C12 French, McCutcheon 16. E Voellmy vs Hromadka   0-1 33 1925 Bromley prel C D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 17. J Storr Best vs E Voellmy   0-1 18 1925 Bromley prel C B03 Alekhine's Defense 18. J H Morrison vs E Voellmy   0-1 45 1925 Bromley prel C B02 Alekhine's Defense 19. V Marin y Llovet vs E Voellmy   0-1 39 1928 Olympiad D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. M Brody vs E Voellmy   1-0 34 1928 Olympiad D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 21. E Voellmy vs E Hellmann   1-0 39 1928 Olympiad A04 Reti Opening 22. Koltanowski vs E Voellmy 1-0 41 1928 den Haag D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. V Fernandez Coria vs E Voellmy   ½-½ 32 1928 Olympiad D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. E Voellmy vs Factor   1-0 34 1928 Olympiad D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. G Leal vs E Voellmy   1-0 32 1930 SUI-ch 34th E12 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Voellmy wins | Voellmy loses

Mar-06-05    fgh: Does anybody have some information about this guy? Mar-06-05    cu8sfan: Yes I do. He's my boss' grandfather. I already asked him to supply some information for his biography. Erwin Voellmy was also a writer of chess books. Mar-12-05    Calli: <cu8sfan> Ein neues Buch auf Doktor Voellmy: http://www.chesshistory.com/voellmy... Mar-12-05    nikolaas: His name sounds like some Dutch origins, more precisely the netherlands. Is that true? Mar-12-05    Calli: Ich weis nicht. Posted the link, thinking that someone might order the booklet and we would get more info. Sep-03-06    BIDMONFA: Dr. Erwin Voellmy VOELLMY, Erwin http://www.bidmonfa.com/voellmy_erw... _ Sep-03-07    brankat: An interesting character, Dr.Voellmy. A man of many talents. Sep-03-07    whiteshark: Link to the title of his disertation in 1916: http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.ed... Sep-03-07    Ron: <whiteshark> Thanks for the link. From the link I found the title of the dissertation of a math professor who plays chess with me sometimes. One can also find dissertation titles for Euwe and Lasker. It seems Lasker studied under David Hilbert, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Sep-03-07    whiteshark: <Ron> Hey, that's great! I also posted the links for Max Euwe and Emanuel Lasker. Maybe some else will be inspired by them, like you. :D Sep-03-08    DoctorD: Erwin Voellmy The Problemist, 1912 White to play and mate in 2 click for larger view

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