Oskar Naegeli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oskar Naegeli

Swiss chess player (1885-1959)

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1885

Place of Birth: Ermatingen, Thurgau, Switzerland

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1959

Profession: physician, chess player

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Oskar Naegeli (born 25 January 1885 in Ermatingen – died 16 November 1959 in Fribourg), was a Swiss dermatologist and chess master.
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.