Ragnar Hoen

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

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)

Biography

Hoen represented the club Oslo Schakselskap.[1] From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s Ragnar Hoen was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. He three times won Norwegian Chess Championships: 1963, 1978, and 1981.[2] In the championship in 1981, Ragnar Hoen was shared first place with three other players, but was the only one who accepted a rematch and won so the championship. Also he won Nordic Chess Championship in 1967.[1] Ragnar Hoen twice in row won Norwegian Blitz Chess Championships (1980, 1981). Also he six times in row won Norwegian Senior Chess Championship (S60) 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 first reserve board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa (+2, =2, -1).

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

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

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

gollark: If the target file doesn't exist it might still just go "no such file or directory".
gollark: Symlink weirdness and bad error messages I believe.
gollark: Does anyone unironically pay that much?
gollark: You can just ignore them as it's probably* fine**.
gollark: Those are just warnings.

References
  1. 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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