| Josef Kupper | |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Birth Date: | 10 March 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Death Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| International Master (1955) | |
| Peakrating: | 2380 (July 1971) |
Josef Kupper (10 March 1932 – 5 June 2017[1]) was a Swiss chess International Master (IM) (1955), three-time Swiss Chess Championship winner (1954, 1957, 1962) and Chess Olympiad individual silver medal winner (1954).
In the 1950s and 1960s, Josef Kupper was one of the leading Swiss chess players. He three times won Swiss Chess Championships: in 1954, 1957 and 1962. In 1959, Josef Kupper participated in the Zürich International Chess Tournament, which took the 9th place, the highest among all Swiss chess players playing in the tournament.[2]
Josef Kupper played for Switzerland in the Chess Olympiads:[3]
Josef Kupper played for Switzerland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[4]
Also Josef Kupper twelve times participated in Clare Benedict Chess Cup (1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962–1963, 1966–1967, 1969–1970, 1972–1973) and in team competition won gold (1958), silver (1969) and two bronze (1953, 1960) medals, and in individual competition won five gold (1953, 1956, 1963, 1969, 1970) medals.[5]
In 1955, he awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.