Werner Hug

Werner Hug at Hauptbahnhof Zürich by Champions Simultan, 22 August 2009

Werner Hug (born 10 September 1952 in Feldmeilen) is a Swiss chess player. Hug was World Junior Chess Champion in 1971 and was Switzerland's leading player of the 1970s.

In 1968 Hug won the Swiss Junior Championship. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) in 1971, when he became World Junior Champion in Athens. He won the Swiss Championship in 1975.

Hug has played on the Swiss team in the Chess Olympiads eleven times, playing first board in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, and 1984. He also played first board in the World Student Olympiad in 1972 and 1976.

References

Golombek, Harry, ed. (1977), "Hug, Werner", Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, pp. 144–5, ISBN 0-517-53146-1

External links

Werner Hug rating card at FIDE
Werner Hug player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Hug, Werner at Olimpbase.org

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