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Wolfgang Hasenfuss

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Wolfgang Hasenfuss (Latvian: Volfgangs Hāzenfuss; born December 11, 1900, Jēkabpils, Russian Empire – died October 6, 1944, Gotenhafen) was a Latvian chess master of Baltic German ethnicity.

He played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads and 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad:

Hasenfuss won individual bronze medal in 1931.

He took 6th at Riga 1932 (Vladimirs Petrovs won), took 4th at Riga 1934 (LAT-ch, Fricis Apšenieks and Petrovs won), tied for 17th–18th at Kemeri 1937 (Samuel Reshevsky, Petrovs and Salo Flohr won),[5] and took 10th at Kemeri / Riga 1939 (Flohr won).[6]

In 1944 Hasenfuss was leading the Riga Chess Championship, but due to illness was forced to withdraw from the tournament. He died at a German hospital in Gotenhafen (today Gdynia, Poland).[7]

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: 4th Chess Olympiad, Prague 1931, Latvia".
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: 5th Chess Olympiad, Folkestone 1933, Latvia".
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: 6th Chess Olympiad, Warsaw 1935, Latvia".
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: Unofficial Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936, Latvia".
  5. ^ "Kemeri 1937 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  6. ^ "Kemeri 1939 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  7. ^ Alfrēds Krūmiņš, "No atmiņu cikla" ("From memory cycle"), magazine "Ilustrētais Vārds" 01.02.1947.
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