# Edwin Bhend

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{{Short description|Swiss chess player and author (1931–2025)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{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}}
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| death_date  = {{death date and age|2025|6|20|1931|09|09|df=y}}
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| title       = FIDE [International Master](/source/International_Master) (1960)<br>ICCF [Senior International Master](/source/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](/source/International_Master) title in 1960 and won the [Swiss championship](/source/Swiss_Chess_Championship) in 1966. He represented Switzerland in 10 [Chess Olympiads](/source/Chess_Olympiads) from 1952 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ggqeawoc.html Edwin Bhend team chess record at olimpbase]</ref> At [Zurich](/source/Zurich) in 1959, he finished in a tie for 10th place behind future world champions [Mikhail Tal](/source/Mikhail_Tal) and [Bobby Fischer](/source/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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