Ragnar Hoen

Ragnar Hoen, Hamar 2007
Association	Norway
Born	October 5, 1940 Oslo
Died	6th July 2019
title	FIDE Masters (1980)
Best Elo rating	2395 (January 1979 to January 1980)

Ragnar Harald Hoen (born October 5, 1940 in Oslo ; † July 6, 2019 ) was a Norwegian chess player and coach.

Life

Ragnar Hoen grew up in the Grünerløkka district of Oslo . Professionally, he was on the board of Tidemanns Tobakk in the Ensjø district of Oslo. He had a chess column in the Norwegian conservative daily Vårt Land and has also written for the Norwegian Chess Federation's newsletter , Norsk Sjakkblad. He was known by the nickname "The Old Blue Fox", which on the one hand respectfully refers to his 60-year chess career, on the other hand it alludes to his conservative political views, which he repeatedly voiced (the color of the conservative Norwegian party Høyre is blue) .

The Norwegian high jumper and European champion Steinar Hoen is his nephew.

successes

He won the Norwegian individual championship three times: 1963 in Moss , 1978 Risør and 1981 in Kirkenes . In the 1981 championship he was tied with three other players, but was the only one who accepted a rematch and won the championship. He won the Nordic individual championship in 1967 in Hanko , Finland . He won the Norwegian championship in blitz chess in 1980 and 1981. He won the Norwegian over 60 championship six times in a row between 2002 and 2007, not losing a single game in eight starts in the senior championships in the 2000s.

Hoen played club chess since he was 15 for the Oslo Schakselskap , with whom he won the Norwegian team championship 17 times.

For the Norwegian national team, Hoen took part in all twelve Chess Olympiads between 1960 and 1982 , although he never played on the top board. He was team captain at five other Chess Olympiads. In 159 games at the Olympics he had a positive result of 51 wins, 44 losses and 64 draws. He had his best individual result at an Olympics in 1962 in Varna , when he scored ten points in 16 games. In 1966 in Havana , Norway defeated with his help (he won against William Addison and Terje Wibe against Nicolas Rossolimo ) the United States with 2.5 to 1.5, which secured the final. He also took part with Norway in the 1989 European Team Championship and played in five Nordic Cups : 1970 on the top board, as well as 1972, 1977, 1985 and 1987. The Nordic Cup in 1987 in Słupsk , Poland , was Norway with Berge Østenstad on the top board and Hoen on the fourth board win.

Ragnar Hoen has held the title of FIDE Master since 1980 . He played his last Elo tournament game in July 2012 at the Norwegian Senior Championship in Sandefjord .

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Ragnar Hoen on 365Chess.com (English)
• Entry in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Farvel, Ragnar Hoen . Article by Sylvia Johnsen from July 6, 2019 on the website of the Oslo Schakselskap Association (Norwegian)
2. ↑ Article about Ragnaer Hoen ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Arne Danielsen in Norsk Sjakkblad No. 4/2007, page 16 ( PDF , Norwegian; 5.5 MB) 
3. ^ List of Norwegian champions 1918 to 2002 (Norwegian)
4. ↑ The Chess Olympiads Ragnar Hoens on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Ragnar Hoens results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ The Nordic Cups Ragnar Hoens on olimpbase.org (English)