About Boris Kogan
Lived 1940 – 1993 (aged 53). Boris Kogan was a Russian and American chess player.
Boris Markovich Kogan (; February 8, 1940 – December 25, 1993) was a Ukrainian-American chess master.
Kogan was the Soviet Junior Champion in 1956 and 1957. He was a full-time chess teacher in the Soviet Union before emigrating and coming to the United States in 1980. In 1981 he was also awarded the International Master title.
He played in the U.S. Chess Championship three times. He was Georgia state champion seven years in a row (1980–1986) and won it a total of nine times (additional wins in 1988 and 1992). He died of colon cancer in 1993.
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Who was Boris Kogan?
chess player (1940–1993)
When was Boris Kogan born?
Boris Kogan was born on 8 February 1940 in Babruysk, Chernivtsi.
When did Boris Kogan die?
Boris Kogan died on 25 December 1993 in Atlanta.
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Boris Kogan was a chess player.
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Boris Kogan was Russian and American.
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