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Wolfgang Hazenfuss

1900 – 1944

Baltic German chess player

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Lived 1900 – 1944 (aged 43). Wolfgang Hazenfuss was a Latvian and Russian chess player and physician.

Wolfgang Hasenfuss (; 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: In 1931, at first reserve board in 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+7−3=1); In 1933, at fourth board in 5th Chess Olympiad in Folkestone (+5−6=3); In 1935, at fourth board in 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+4−4=4); In 1936, at fifth board in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+7−7=3). 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), and took 10th at Kemeri / Riga 1939 (Flohr won).

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).

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Who was Wolfgang Hazenfuss?

Baltic German chess player (1900-1944)

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Wolfgang Hazenfuss was born on 11 December 1900 in Jēkabpils.

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Wolfgang Hazenfuss died on 6 October 1944 in Gdynia.

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Wolfgang Hazenfuss was a chess player and physician.

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Wolfgang Hazenfuss was Latvian and Russian.

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· Wikipedia: Wolfgang Hazenfuss

· Wikidata: Q2402943

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