Jules Ehrat

{{Short description|Swiss chess player}}

Jules Ehrat (1 February 1905 – 1997) was a Swiss chess player born in Lohn, Schaffhausen.{{citation | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography | publisher=McFarland | isbn=0-7864-2353-6 | page=104}} He was the 1942 Swiss Chess Champion jointly with Martin Christoffel.{{citation | last=Whyld | first=Ken | author-link=Ken Whyld | year=1986 | title=Chess: The Records | publisher=Guinness Books | isbn=0-85112-455-0 | page=136}}

The Jules Ehrat Memorial chess tournament held in Zürich 13–22 August 1999 pitted two five–player teams against each other. The German team, led by Christopher Lutz, defeated the Swiss team, led by Viktor Korchnoi, by 26½ to 23½.{{citation | last=Crowther | first=Mark | title=The Week in Chess 250 | date=23 August 1999 | url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic250.html#9 | publisher=The London Chess Center | accessdate=8 September 2012}}