Egon Joppen

Egon Joppen
Egon Joppen in 1956
CountryGermany
Switzerland
Born(1926-04-25)25 April 1926
Died2018

Egon Joppen (25 April 1926 – November 2018) was a German chess player.

Biography

In 1943, Joppen won the German Junior Chess Championship. In the mid-1950s he was one of the leading chess players in West Germany. In 1952, Egon Joppen won Baden-Württemberg Chess Championship.[1] Also he three times won Hesse Chess Championships (1954, 1956, 1959).[2] Egon Joppen was awarded German National Chess Master title.

Joppen played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiad:[3]

Joppen played for West Germany in the European Team Chess Championship prelimanaries:[4]

  • In 1957, at seventh board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -1).

Joppen later moved to Switzerland.

References

  1. ^ Hall of Fame - Württembergische Meister
  2. ^ Hessenmeister ab 1946
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Egon Joppen". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Egon Joppen". www.olimpbase.org.
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