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Ragnar Hoen

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Ragnar Hoen
Ragnar Hoen in 2007
CountryNorway
Born(1940-10-05)5 October 1940
Oslo, Norway
Died6 July 2019(2019-07-06) (aged 78)
TitleFIDE Master (FM)
Peak rating2395 (January 1979)

Ragnar Hoen (5 October 1940 – 6 July 2019) was a Norwegian chess FIDE Master (FM), three-time Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1963, 1978, 1981), and Nordic Chess Championship winner (1967).

Biography

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Hoen represented the club Oslo Schakselskap [no].[1] From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s, Ragnar Hoen was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. He won Norwegian Chess Championships three times: 1963, 1978, and 1981.[2] In the championship in 1981, Ragnar Hoen shared first place with three other players but was the only one who accepted a rematch and thus won the championship. He also won the Nordic Chess Championship in 1967.[1] Ragnar Hoen won the Norwegian Blitz Chess Championship twice in a row (1980, 1981). He also won the Norwegian Senior Chess Championship (S60) six consecutive times in from 2002 to 2007.

Ragnar Hoen played for Norway in the Chess Olympiads:[3]

Ragnar Hoen played for Norway in the European Team Chess Championship:[4]

  • in 1989, at the first reserve board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa (+2, =2, -1).

Ragnar Hoen also played for Norway in the Nordic Chess Cup five times (1970, 1972, 1977, 1985, 1987) and won gold (1987) and bronze (1970) medals in team competition.[5]

Ragnar Hoen was also known as a chess journalist. He edited a column in the newspaper Vårt Land and a bulletin of the Norwegian Chess Federation. Ragnar Hoen served on the board of Tidemanns Tobakk.

His nephew was Steinar Hoen, a Norwegian high jumper and European Champion in 1994.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ragnar Hoen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Tidligere-vinnere av NM". www.sjakk.net.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ragnar Hoen". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Ragnar Hoen". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. ^ "OlimpBase :: Nordic Chess Cup :: Ragnar Hoen". www.olimpbase.org.
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