Edwin Bhend

{{Short description|Swiss chess player and author (1931–2025)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox chess biography | name = Edwin Bhend | image = Bhend,Edwin_2012-03-10.JPG | caption = Bhend in 2012 | country = Switzerland | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|09|09|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|6|20|1931|09|09|df=y}} | death_place = | title = FIDE International Master (1960)<br>ICCF Senior International Master (2000) | peakrating = 2380 (July 1982) | FideID = 1300288 }}

'''Edwin Bhend''' (9 September 1931 – 20 June 2025) was a Swiss chess player and author. He was awarded the International Master title in 1960 and won the Swiss championship in 1966. He represented Switzerland in 10 Chess Olympiads from 1952 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ggqeawoc.html Edwin Bhend team chess record at olimpbase]</ref> At Zurich in 1959, he finished in a tie for 10th place behind future world champions Mikhail Tal and Bobby Fischer, but defeated Tal in the opening round after defending accurately in a complicated position.<ref>Ludek Pachman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jlgJTCyonAgC ''Decisive Games in Chess History''], p174-8, {{ISBN|978-0-4862-5323-7}}</ref><ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1139485 Tal-Bhend, chessgames.com] </ref> He died on 20 June 2025, at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grebel |first=Hans Rudolf von |date=1 January 2010 |title=Edwin Künzli gestorben |url=https://doi.org/10.69871/r52ga006 |journal=Zwingliana |pages=91–92 |doi=10.69871/r52ga006 |issn=2296-469X}}</ref><ref>[https://www.swisschess.ch/news-112/im-edwin-bhend-gestorben.html IM Edwin Bhend gestorben] {{in lang|de}}</ref>

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