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Oskar Naegeli (25 January 1885 in Ermatingen – 16 November 1959 in Fribourg), was a Swiss chess player and dermatologist. He represented Switzerland at the Chess Olympiads in 1927, 1928, 1931 and 1935, as well as at the unofficial Olympiad in 1936 at Munich.

Naegeli won twice Swiss Chess Championship (1910 and 1936). He lost a match to Ossip Bernstein (1 : 3) in 1932, and to Salo Flohr (2 : 4) in 1933. He participated in the strong international tournaments at Berne 1932 and Zurich 1934, both won by Alexander Alekhine. He was the brother of Otto Naegeli and is a great-uncle of Harald Naegeli.

In the field of dermatology, the Naegeli syndrome is named after him.

References

1. Földeák, Árpád: Schach-Olympiaden, Verlag Walter ten Have, Amsterdam, 1971
2. Richter, Kurt (Hrsg.): Schach-Olympia München 1936, Zwei Teile in einem Band, Reprint (Zürich,1997) der Ausgaben Berlin und Leipzig 1936
3. Whyld, Ken: Chess – The Records, Guinness Books, Enfield, 1986
4. "Short Matches of the 20th Century". TheChessLibrary.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
5. Feenstra Kuiper, Dr.P: Hundert Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, Die bedeutendsten Schachzweikämpfe 1851–1950, Verlag Walter ten Have, Amsterdam, 1967
6. personal message by Harald Naegeli, 03.June 2006 in Düsseldorf

External links

• Oskar Naegeli Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
• Oskar Naegeli player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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