Feliks Kibbermann

Feliks (Felix) Kibbermann (3 December 1902, in Rakvere – 27 December 1993, in Tartu) was an Estonian chess master, philologist of German language, lexicographer and pedagogue.

Chess

Before World War II, he tied for 3rd-5th with Ilmar Raud and Viktor Uulberg in the 5th Estonian Championship at Tallinn 1933 (Gunnar Friedemann won),[1] and lost a match to Paul Keres at Tallinn 1935 (+1 –3 =0).[2] Kibbermann represented Estonia in the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935 (+2 –5 =2).[3] In October 1937, he played in a training tournament in Tallinn (Keres won).

During the war, he shared first with Johannes Türn in 11th EST-ch at Tallinn 1941, but lost a play-off match for the title (+0 –3 =1).[4] He participated in Estonian championships in 1942 and 1943, both won by Keres.[5] In 1946, he tied for 11-12th in Tallinn (EST-ch, Raul Renter won).[6]

Philologist

References
  1. Sportnet
  2. planet.ee - 1GB ruumi kõigest 9EEK eest kuus! Archived February 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143156/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1941/ch_est41.html
  5. Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived April 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20091027143227/http://geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1946/ch_est46.html
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