Ragnar Hoen (5 October 1940 – 6 July 2019) was a Norwegian

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FIDE Master (FM), three-time

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winner (1963, 1978, 1981), and

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winner (1967).

Biography

Hoen represented the club . From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s, Ragnar Hoen was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. He won

s three times: 1963, 1978, and 1981. In the championship in 1981, Ragnar Hoen shared first place with three other players but was the only one who accepted a rematch and thus won the championship. He also won the

in 1967. Ragnar Hoen won the Norwegian

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Championship twice in a row (1980, 1981). He also won the Norwegian Senior Chess Championship (S60) six consecutive times in from 2002 to 2007. Ragnar Hoen played for Norway in the

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s: * in 1960, at the fourth board in the

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(+7, =7, -4), * in 1962, at the third board in the

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(+8, =4, -4), * in 1964, at the third board in the

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(+3, =8, -5), * in 1966, at the third board in the

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(+3, =3, -4), * in 1970, at the second board in the

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(+5, =4, -6), * in 1972, at the fourth board in the

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(+6, =3, -2), * in 1974, at the fourth board in the

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(+4, =6, -1), * in 1978, at the fourth board in the

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(+3, =7, -2), * in 1980, at the third board in the

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(+2, =6, -2), * in 1982, at the second reserve board in the

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(+1, =4, -3). Ragnar Hoen played for Norway in the

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: * in 1989, at the first reserve board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in

(+2, =2, -1). Ragnar Hoen also played for Norway in the Nordic Chess Cup five times (1970, 1972, 1977, 1985, 1987) and won gold (1987) and bronze (1970) medals in team competition. Ragnar Hoen was also known as a chess journalist. He edited a column in the newspaper ''Vårt Land'' and a bulletin of the

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. Ragnar Hoen served on the board of ''Tidemanns Tobakk''. His nephew was Steinar Hoen, a Norwegian high jumper and European Champion in 1994.

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