Otto Zimmermann Explained

Otto Zimmermann
Birth Date:11 September 1892

Otto Zimmermann (11 September 1892 – 24 July 1979) was a Swiss chess master.

He won Swiss Chess Championship at Interlaken 1924, and represented Switzerland in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924, where shared 8th in the Consolation Cup.[1] He also participated in official Chess Olympiads at London 1927, Prague 1931, and Amsterdam 1954.[2]

Zimmermann had his best results in the 1920s, when he tied for 2nd-3rd at Neuchâtel 1922, took 3rd at Bern 1923, shared 1st at Margate 1923 (B tournament), tied for 10-11th at Zurich 1925, took 2nd at Geneva 1926, and took 6th at Basel 1928.[3]

After World War II, he played in several friendly matches: Switzerland vs. France (1946), vs. Argentina (1950), vs. Belgium (1950), vs. West Germany (1952).[4]

He shared 3rd at Zurich Seniors 1962.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.olimpbase.org/1924x/1924in.html OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: information
  2. http://www.olimpbase.org/ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads
  3. http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  4. http://www.olimpbase.org/index.html?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olimpbase.org%2Fother%2Ffriendlies.html OlimpBase :: Friendly matches
  5. http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/SingleEvent.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S146521000000141100337500035210100 Chessmetrics Player Profile: Otto Zimmermann