Christian Langeweg

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Christian Langeweg
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Country Netherlands
Born (1937-03-07) 7 March 1937 (age 86)
Title International Master (1962)
Peak rating 2455 (January 1981)

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).

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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]

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

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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References

  1. ↑ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Christian Langeweg". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ↑ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Christian Langeweg". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ↑ "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Christian Langeweg". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ↑ "OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Christian Langeweg". www.olimpbase.org.


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