Josef Kupper

Josef Kupper (10 March 1932 – 5 June 2017[1]) was a Swiss chess International Master (IM) (1955), three-time Swiss Chess Championship winner (1954, 1957, 1962) and Chess Olympiad individual silver medal winner (1954).

Josef Kupper
CountrySwitzerland
Born(1932-03-10)10 March 1932
Lucerne, Switzerland
Died5 June 2017(2017-06-05) (aged 85)
Zürich, Switzerland
TitleInternational Master (IM) (1955)

Biography

In the 1950s and 1960s, Josef Kupper was one of the leading Swiss chess players. He three times won Swiss Chess Championships: in 1954, 1957 and 1962. In 1959, Josef Kupper participated in the Zürich International Chess Tournament, which took the 9th place, the highest among all Swiss chess players playing in the tournament.[2]

Josef Kupper played for Switzerland in the Chess Olympiads:[3]

Josef Kupper played for Switzerland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[4]

  • In 1961, at second board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =0, -1),
  • In 1973, at fifth board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =0, -0),
  • In 1977, at sixt board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =3, -0).

Also Josef Kupper twelve times participated in Clare Benedict Chess Cup (1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962–1963, 1966–1967, 1969–1970, 1972–1973) and in team competition won gold (1958), silver (1969) and two bronze (1953, 1960) medals, and in individual competition won five gold (1953, 1956, 1963, 1969, 1970) medals.[5]

In 1955, he awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

References
  1. Trauerfall Kupper Josef
  2. "Zurich (1959)". www.chessgames.com.
  3. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Josef Kupper". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Josef Kupper". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. "OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Josef Kupper". www.olimpbase.org.


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