Christian Langeweg

Christian Langeweg or Kick Langeweg (born 7 March 1937), is a Dutch chess International Master (IM) (1962), five-times Dutch Chess Championship medalist (1969, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1983) and Chess Olympiad three-times individual medalist (1966, 1970, 1980).

Christian Langeweg
CountryNetherlands
Born (1937-03-07) 7 March 1937
TitleInternational Master (1962)
Peak rating2455 (January 1981)

Biography

In the 1960s and 1970s, Christian Langeweg was one of the leading Dutch chess players. He is multiple medalist of the Dutch Chess Championship: twice won silver medals (1969, 1980) and won bronze medals three times (1970, 1972, 1983). In 1961, in Amsterdam Christian Langeweg won the IBM international chess tournament. In 1974, he won the International Chess Tournament in Plovdiv. In 1976, in Zürich he ranked in 4th place in the first Switzerland Open Chess Championship. In 1962, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

Christian Langeweg played for Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

Christian Langeweg played for Netherlands in the European Team Chess Championships:[2]

  • In 1965, at second board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship in Hamburg (+1, =4, -5),
  • In 1983, at first reserve board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv (+0, =1, -2).

Christian Langeweg played for Netherlands in the World Student Team Chess Championships:[3]

  • In 1960, at first board in the 7th World Student Team Chess Championship in Leningrad (+4, =2, -7),
  • In 1961, at first board in the 8th World Student Team Chess Championship in Helsinki (+3, =1, -8),
  • In 1962, at first board in the 9th World Student Team Chess Championship in Mariánské Lázně (+6, =2, -4),
  • In 1963, at first board in the 10th World Student Team Chess Championship in Budva (+5, =6, -1).

Also Christian Langeweg ten times played for Netherlands in the Clare Benedict Chess Cups (1961-1962, 1966–1970, 1972–1974) where in team competition won 2 gold (1966, 1969) and 2 silver (1968, 1972) medals, and in individual competition won gold (1966) medal.[4]

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