# Volf Bergraser

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{{short description|French chess player}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Volf Bergraser
| image = 
| caption = 
| country = [France](/source/France)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|1|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Novoselytsia](/source/Novoselytsia), [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|11|13|1904|1|4|df=yes}}
| death_place = 
| title = [ICCF Grandmaster](/source/ICCF_Grandmaster) (1981)
| ICCF_rating = [https://www.iccf.com/player?id=180003&tab=3 2444] (July 1992)
}}

'''Volf Bergraser''' (4 January 1904 – 13 November 1986), was a French chess master, two times [French Chess Championship](/source/French_Chess_Championship) winner (1957, 1966),  [International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster](/source/International_Correspondence_Chess_Grandmaster) (1981).

==Biography==
Bergraser was born in [Bessarabia](/source/Bessarabia) (then [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire), now the city in which he was born is on the territory of the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine). From the 1950s to the 1970s he was one of the leading French chess players. In [French Chess Championship](/source/French_Chess_Championship) Volf Bergraser won three medals: 2 gold (1957, 1966), and bronze (1971). In 1967, he participated in a strong international chess tournament in Monte Carlo.

He played for France in the [Chess Olympiad](/source/Chess_Olympiad)s:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/4km0oyqf.html |title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Volf Bergraser |website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>
* In 1954, at fourth board in the [11th Chess Olympiad](/source/11th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) (+1, =6, -6),
* In 1958, at third board in the [13th Chess Olympiad](/source/13th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Munich](/source/Munich) (+1, =5, -4),
* In 1960, at third board in the [14th Chess Olympiad](/source/14th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig) (+8, =4, -3),
* In 1962, at second board in the [15th Chess Olympiad](/source/15th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Varna](/source/Varna%2C_Bulgaria) (+6, =4, -4),
* In 1964, at fourth board in the [16th Chess Olympiad](/source/16th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv) (+4, =3, -4).

Bergraser played for France in the [European Team Chess Championship](/source/European_Team_Chess_Championship) preliminaries:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerseq/4km0oyqf.html |title=OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Volf Bergraser |website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>
* In 1957, at fourth board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =2, -0).

He has achieved great success in the [correspondence chess](/source/correspondence_chess). He three times won French Correspondence Chess Championship and twice participated in the [World Correspondence Chess Championship](/source/World_Correspondence_Chess_Championship)s. In 1959, Volf Bergraser became an International Correspondence Chess Master. In 1981, he was awarded the title of [International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster](/source/International_Correspondence_Chess_Grandmaster).

Bergraser worked as a medical doctor.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ICCF}}
* {{Chessgames player|28541}}
* {{365Chess.com player|Volf_Bergraser}}

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Category:1904 births
Category:1986 deaths
Category:People from Novoselytsia
Category:People from Khotinsky Uyezd
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Correspondence chess grandmasters
Category:20th-century French chess players
Category:20th-century French sportsmen
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