Egon Joppen
German chess player (1926–2018)
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Egon Joppen (25 April 1926 – November 2018) was a German chess player.
Egon Joppen in 1956 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 April 1926 |
| Died | 2018 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Germany Switzerland |
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]
- In 1954, at second reserve board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+5, =5, -1).
Joppen played for West Germany in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[4]
- In 1957, at seventh board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -1).
Joppen later moved to Switzerland.
