About Egon Joppen
Lived 1926 – 2018 (aged 91–92). Egon Joppen was a German and Swiss chess player.
Egon Joppen (25 April 1926 – November 2018) was a German chess player.
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. Also he three times won Hesse Chess Championships (1954, 1956, 1959). Egon Joppen was awarded German National Chess Master title.
Joppen played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiad: 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: In 1957, at seventh board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -1).
Joppen later moved to Switzerland.
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Who was Egon Joppen?
German chess player
When was Egon Joppen born?
Egon Joppen was born on 25 April 1926.
When did Egon Joppen die?
Egon Joppen died in 2018.
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Egon Joppen was a chess player.
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Egon Joppen was German and Swiss.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Egon Joppen. https://biography.guide/egon-joppen/
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