Jos Gobert Explained

Jos Gobert
Country:	Belgium
Birth Date:	17 May 1922
Death Date:	unknown

Jos Gobert (also Jozef Gobert; 22 May 1922 – unknown) was a Belgian chess player, two times Belgian Chess Championships winner (1954, 1955).

Biography

Jos Gobert was one of Belgium's leading chess players in the mid-1950s. He participated several times in Belgian Chess Championships and two times won this tournament. In 1954, in Bruges his victory was big surprise because he was ahead of the best Belgian chess players of this time - Albéric O'Kelly de Galway and Arthur Dunkelblum.^[1] The next year, in Merksem, Belgian Chess Championship was more haunted, but Jos Gobert shared 1st -3rd place and won an additional tournament for the title of champion.^{[2] [3]}

Jos Gobert played for Belgium in the Chess Olympiad:^[4]

• In 1954, at third board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1, =3, -4).

Jos Gobert played for Belgium in the Clare Benedict Cup:^[5]

• In 1953, at fifth board in the 1st Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Mont Pèlerin (+1, =1, -3).

External links

• • Jos Gobert chess games at 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Belgian Chess History » Belgian championship, Bruges.
2. Web site: Belgian Chess History » Belgian championship, Merksem.
3. Web site: Belgian Chess History » Belgian championship play-off.
4. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Jozef Gobert. www.olimpbase.org.
5. Web site: OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Jozef Gobert. www.olimpbase.org.