| Dec-27-06 | | Caissanist: These games are from at least two different Boris Kogans. Boris M. Kogan (1940-1993) was an IM, a well known chess teacher, and 8 times champion of the U.S. state of Georgia. |
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| Aug-20-09 | | TheFocus: Nice to see Boris Kogan represented here. A class act as a man and a player. I remember playing in a Reserve section in Georgia once. He was strolling around the hall and stopped to look at my game. I was a Pawn up in a tricky King and Pawn ending. My opponent asked for a draw and got mad when I refused. After finding the solution, I chalked up the win. One of the kibitzers said, "I never saw that coming." Kogan said, smiling, "I did." He then gave me a thumbs up and went back to win his game. When Kogan entered a tournament, you knew he was probably going to win it. He was nicknamed "King of the South." He was a great teacher and player. Too bad more of his games are not available here. |
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| May-14-10 | | MKalafatas: A couple of years ago I posted a four-part video on YouTube, reminiscing about IM Boris Kogan. You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/results?sear... |
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| Dec-20-13 | | BIDMONFA: Boris Markovich Kogan KOGAN, Boris M.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kogan_boris...
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| Mar-21-14 | | Retireborn: Can anybody help me sort out the Boris Kogans?
Chessbase has "Boris Kogan" as an Israeli guy and has a photo of him from 1996; "Boris M Kogan" has a US flag but no photo. Somewhat irritatingly they were apparently both born in 1940. Chessbase is not aware of either of them having died. The Wiki page for Boris Kogan states that he played in three US championships. On the other hand Chessbase Big Database 2002 has a Boris Kogan playing in the 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 US championships. Does anybody know for sure which Kogan played in which US championships, and if the other one is the Israeli or a third Kogan? |
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| Nov-04-15 | | TheFocus: <Boris Markovich Kogan> was the IM from Georgia U.S.A. Fantastic player and coach. <Boris Kogan> is Israeli. |
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| Nov-04-15 | | Retireborn: <The Focus> Many thanks for that. After reviewing the Kogan games/references in my database I've been able to assign nearly all of them either to Boris M or to Artur Kogan, a somewhat younger Israeli. The only exception is a text reference to Kogan-Vzdvizhkov, USSR 1989. This may or may not be the now-Israeli Boris Kogan, but I'm not going to worry about it! |
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| Feb-08-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, IM Boris Kogan: "King of the South." |
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| Nov-23-18 | | vanwely: Enjoyed the videos, Mr. Kalafatas. |
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| Nov-22-22 | | Ninas Husband: Ko-GANNNN!!!!!! :) |
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| Jun-13-25 | | stone free or die: Here is a blog from <Armchair Warrior> who describes an exchange with <Bill Melvin> of Alabama, and then discusses Kogan in the context of trainer for Stuart Rachels: https://xpertchesslessons.wordpress... A photograph of Kogan is there.
(And since mention is made of his death from colon cancer, it is certainly referring to this player) |
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| Jun-13-25 | | stone free or die: I think he was inducted into the Georgia (US) Chess Association's HOF (Hall of Fame) in 2024: https://www.georgiachess.org/Boris-... There's a color photo of him there. |
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| Jun-13-25 | | stone free or die: <M Boris Markovich Kogan (1940–1993) was the strongest chess player to make his home in the state of Georgia in the twentieth century. Born in the Republic of Ukraine, from the time Boris was 14 years old chess was his life. Initially he had a teacher, but Boris elected to study on his own. With constant study and practice he became USSR Junior Champion at 16 in 1956, which he repeated in 1957. In 1964, Kogan attained the rank of Master, married, and moved to Lvov, Ukraine, to work as a chemical engineer—and to begin his teaching career. Some of his more famous students from that period included Alexander Beliavsky, Adrian Mikhalchishin, and Oleg Romanischin. Beginning in 1968, Kogan became Leonid Stein’s trainer, assisting this great combination player in his great quest to be a candidate for the World Championship. That same year, Kogan took 2nd in the semi-final of the 1968 USSR Championship. Twice he came in 2nd-place in the Ukraine Championship. Kogan was among the wave of Soviet émigres that raised the strength of chess in the U.S. He and his family arrived in Georgia in May 1980 with $500. Kogan got a job as chess columnist for The Atlanta Journal. That month he won his first tournament: the 1980 Georgia Championship. ...> (ibid) |
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| Jun-13-25 | | stone free or die: I've identified the author of <Armchair Warrior> as the Georgian <Michael Bacon>, who it seems only started playing chess as an adult. He was introduced to the world, with a photograph and a game or two, on <Speelman>'s ChessBase <Agony Column> article here: <The two games he sent me are a fine encapsulation of the Agony and Ecstasy of chess in a microcosm, with a victory against a strong opponent in one round of the 1986 US Open Championship and then a heavy defeat against an opponent who was appreciably less formidable (on paper) in the next.> https://en.chessbase.com/post/jon-s... |
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