Oskar Naegeli

{{Short description|Swiss chess player and dermatologist}}

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| birth_place = Ermatingen, Switzerland

| death_date = {{Death-date and age|16 November 1959|25 January 1885}}

| death_place = Fribourg, Switzerland

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Oskar Naegeli (25 January 1885 in Ermatingen – 16 November 1959 in Fribourg), was a Swiss chess player and dermatologist. He represented Switzerland at the Chess Olympiads in 1927, 1928, 1931 and 1935,Földeák, Árpád: Schach-Olympiaden, Verlag Walter ten Have, Amsterdam, 1971 as well as at the unofficial Olympiad in 1936 at Munich.Richter, Kurt (Hrsg.): Schach-Olympia München 1936, Zwei Teile in einem Band, Reprint (Zürich,1997) der Ausgaben Berlin und Leipzig 1936

Naegeli won twice Swiss Chess Championship (1910 and 1936).Whyld, Ken: Chess – The Records, Guinness Books, Enfield, 1986 He lost a match to Ossip Bernstein (1 : 3) in 1932,{{cite web |url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/ShortMatchesOf20thCentury.htm |title=Short Matches of the 20th Century |website=TheChessLibrary.com |access-date=2008-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140535/http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/ShortMatchesOf20thCentury.htm |archive-date=2007-09-28}} and to Salo Flohr (2 : 4) in 1933.Feenstra Kuiper, Dr.P: Hundert Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, Die bedeutendsten Schachzweikämpfe 1851–1950, Verlag Walter ten Have, Amsterdam, 1967

He participated in the strong international tournaments at Berne 1932 and Zurich 1934, both won by Alexander Alekhine.

He was the brother of Otto Naegeli and is a great-uncle of Harald Naegeli.personal message by Harald Naegeli, 03.June 2006 in Düsseldorf

In the field of dermatology, the Naegeli syndrome is named after him.