Feliks Villard Explained

Feliks Villard
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Birth Date:1908
Death Date:unknown

Feliks Villard (4 November 1908 – date of death unknown[1]) was an Estonian chess player.

Biography

In Estonian Chess Championship Feliks Villard has won silver (1952) and 2 bronze (1950, 1951) medals.[2] In Estonian Team Chess Championship he has won 2 gold (1931 - with Tallinn Kalev team, 1949 - with Tallinn city team) and 2 silver (1936 - with Pärnu Maleselts team, 1938 - with Pärnu Kalev team) medals.[3] Feliks Villard played for Estonia at sixth board in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+11 –4 =4) and won individual bronze medal.[4] Also he two times played for Estonia in Soviet Team Chess Championships (1953, 1958).[5] His last known tournament was Ilmar Raud memorial in Viljandi (1971) where he divided fourth place.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://pbserver.chessbase.com/Player?name=Villard,Feliks Feliks Villard
  2. http://www.maleliit.ee/turniirid/tabelid/tiitlid/eestimeistrid.html Eesti meistrid males
  3. Web site: Sporditulemused - Sportlased - Feliks Villard . 2016-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160915191929/http://www.spordiinfo.ee/esbl/tulemused/sportlased/133737/feliks_villard . 2016-09-15 . dead .
  4. http://www.olimpbase.org/playersx/wgeg8kef.html OlimpBase :: unofficial Chess Olympiads :: Feliks Villard
  5. http://www.olimpbase.org/playersst/wgeg8kef.html OlimpBase :: Soviet Team Chess Championship :: Feliks Villard
  6. http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour/1971/viljan71.html Memorial I.Raud - Viljandi 3-11.7.1971