Ragnar Hoen


Ragnar Hoen was a Norwegian chess FIDE Master, three-times Norwegian Chess Championship winner, Nordic Chess Championship winner.

Biography

Hoen represented the club. From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s Ragnar Hoen was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. He three times won Norwegian Chess Championships: 1963, 1978, and 1981. In the championship in 1981, Ragnar Hoen was shared first place with three other players, but was the only one who accepted a rematch and won so the championship. Also he won Nordic Chess Championship in 1967. Ragnar Hoen twice in row won Norwegian Blitz Chess Championships. Also he six times in row won Norwegian Senior Chess Championship from 2002 to 2007.
Ragnar Hoen played for Norway in the Chess Olympiads:
Ragnar Hoen played for Norway in the European Team Chess Championship:
Also Ragnar Hoen five times played for Norway in the Nordic Chess Cup and in team competition won gold and bronze medals.
Ragnar Hoen was also known as a chess journalist. He edited a column in the newspaper Vårt Land and a bulletin of Norwegian Chess Federation. Ragnar Hoen served on the board of Tidemanns Tobakk.
His nephew was Steinar Hoen, Norwegian high jumper, European Champion in 1994.