Volf Bergraser (4 January 1904 – 13 November 1986), was a French chess master, two times French Chess Championship winner (1957, 1966), International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1981).

Volf Bergraser
CountryFrance
Born(1904-01-04)4 January 1904
Novoselytsia, Ukraine
Died13 November 1986(1986-11-13) (aged 82)
TitleICCF Grandmaster (1981)
ICCF rating2444 (July 1992)

Biography

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Bergraser was born in Bessarabia (then Russian Empire, now the city in which he was born is on the territory of the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine). From the 1950s to the 1970s he was one of the leading French chess players. In French Chess Championship Volf Bergraser won three medals: 2 gold (1957, 1966), and bronze (1971). In 1967, he participated in a strong international chess tournament in Monte Carlo.

He played for France in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

Bergraser played for France in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[2]

  • In 1957, at fourth board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =2, -0).

He has achieved great success in the correspondence chess. He three times won French Correspondence Chess Championship and twice participated in the World Correspondence Chess Championships. In 1959, Volf Bergraser became an International Correspondence Chess Master. In 1981, he was awarded the title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster.

Bergraser worked as a medical doctor.

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Volf Bergraser". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Volf Bergraser". www.olimpbase.org.
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