Shimon Kagan
Appearance
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Kagan in 1979 | |
Country | Israel |
Born | Tel Aviv, Israel | April 6, 1942
Title | International Master (1969) |
Peak rating | 2465 (January 1978) |
Shimon Kagan (Hebrew: שמעון כגן; born 6 April 1942, in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli chess master.
Career
[edit]He was Israeli Champion in 1967 and 1969. He tied for 4-5th at Netanya 1968 (Bobby Fischer won),[1] tied for 9-10th at Netanya 1969 (Samuel Reshevsky won),[2] took 9th at Netanya 1971 (Lubomir Kavalek and Bruno Parma won).[3]
Kagan played for Israel in nine Chess Olympiads.
- In 1966, at fourth board in 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+4 –6 =1);
- In 1968, at fourth board in 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+9 –1 =3);
- In 1970, at first board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+10 –3 =3);
- In 1972, at first board in 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+5 –7 =5);
- In 1974, at fourth board in 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+11 –1 =4);
- In 1976, at first reserve board in 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+5 –2 =2);
- In 1978, at third board in 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+3 –4 =2);
- In 1980, at first reserve board in 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+3 –3 =0);
- In 1982, at second reserve board in 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+2 –1 =4).
He won two individual medals; gold at Lugano 1968, and bronze at Nice 1974.[4]
Kagan was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1969.
References
[edit]- ^ "International tournament, Netanya 1968". netanyachess.com.
- ^ "International tournament, Netanya 1969". netanyachess.com.
- ^ "International tournament, Netanya 1971". netanyachess.com.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess". www.olimpbase.org.
External links
[edit]- Shimon Kagan rating card at FIDE
- Shimon Kagan player profile and games at Chessgames.com