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Voldemārs Mežgailis (also Voldemar Mezgailis or Mezhgailis; born 22 April 1912, Viļķene parish, Russian Empire – died 1 June 1998 in Riga)[1] was a Latvian chess master.

In 1934, he took 8th Latvian Chess Championship in Riga (Fricis Apšenieks and Vladimirs Petrovs won). He twice represented Latvia in Chess Olympiads: in the 3rd unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936 (at sixth board, +4 –5 =1), and in the 7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937 (at third board, +2 –6 =7).[2]

At the end of World War II he won the Latvian Chess Championship in June 1944,[3] and won it again in 1950.[4]

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[ru] Межгайлис, Вольдемар

Вольдемар Фридрихович Межгайлис (латыш. Voldemārs Mežgailis; 22 апреля 1912, Вилькене, Латвия — 1 июня 1998, Рига, Латвия) — латвийский шахматист.

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