İsmet İbrahimoğlu

İsmet İbrahimoğlu (1943–1988) was a Turkish chess player. He was three-time Turkish Chess Champion.

İsmet İbrahimoğlu
Full nameİsmet İbrahimoğlu
Born1943 (1943)
Yugoslavia
Died1988(1988-00-00) (aged 44–45)
TitleTurkish Chess Champion

Biography

İbrahimoğlu was born in 1943 in Yugoslavia, started playing chess in 1962. He won the 1967, 1970 and 1971 Turkish Chess Championship.[1] He took part in the 17th, 18th and 19th Chess Olympiad Turkish National Team. At the 1966 Olympiad in Havana, he scored 10/13, won the individual bronze medal for his board.[2] He also played against Bobby Fischer in the 6th round at the 19th World Chess Olympiad held in Siegen.[3]

He died in 1988. In his memory, the 2018 Turkish Chess Championship was named after him.[4]

References
  1. "Türkiye satranç şampiyonu/Anılar/milliyet blog". blog.milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. "OlimpBase :: 17th Chess Olympiad, Havana 1966, information". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. "İSMET İBRAHİMOĞLU". tr2018.tsf.org.tr. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. fanatik. "2018 Türkiye Satranç Şampiyonası başladı". Fanatik. Retrieved 1 July 2021.


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