Hans Duhm

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Hans Duhm (12 August 1878, Göttingen – 4 January 1946) was a German–Swiss chess master.

Born in Göttingen, Germany, he was the elder brother of Dietrich Duhm and Andreas Duhm. His father, Bernhard Duhm, was a professor for Protestant theology (Old Testament) in Göttingen and Basel, Switzerland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/81556.html|title=History - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen}} Hans studied theology too, graduated from the University of Strasbourg, Alsace (then German Empire), and received the Lizentiate degree (post graduate Doctorate). He published a theologian book Die bösen Geister im Alten Testament (Mohr Verlag, Tübingen und Leipzig 1904). He was a professor of Exegesis of the Old Testament in Göttingen and Breslau.{{cite book|editor-first= Gerhard |editor-last= Müller|editor-link= Gerhard Müller (Lutheran theologian)|publisher= De Gruyter |title=Theologische Realenzyklopädie}}

He shared 1st at St. Gallen 1901 (Swiss Chess Championship) and became a co-champion.[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] He tied for 16-17th in the Mannheim 1914 chess tournament (the 19th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A, Hallegua won),{{cite web

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}} and tied for 7-8th at Hannover 1926 (Aron Nimzowitsch won).{{Cite web |url=http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1926hannover.htm |title=Hannover |access-date=2009-02-05 |archive-date=2011-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233027/http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1926hannover.htm |url-status=dead }} Dr. Hans Duhm was five-time Lower Saxony Champion (Der Niedersächsische Schachverband, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, and 1929).{{Cite web |url=http://nsv-online.hostingkunde.de/archiv/nsvturn/lem/ |title=Niedersächsischer Schachverband e.V. - Landesmeister |access-date=2009-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719041611/http://nsv-online.hostingkunde.de/archiv/nsvturn/lem/ |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}