Richard Goldenberg (born 21 November 1947) is a French

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

FIDE Master (FM) and International Correspondence Chess Master (1986), a two-times

French Chess Championship The French Chess Championship is the annual, national chess tournament of France. It was officially first played in 1923 after the formation of the ''Fédération Française des Echecs'' in 1921. The first unofficial national tournament was played i ...

silver medalist (1978, 1981).

Biography

In the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s Richard Goldenberg was one of the leading French chess players. He participated in the finals of the

s many times. Richard Goldenberg has won silver medals twice in these tournaments: in 1978 in

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he ranked 2nd and in 1981 in Vitrolles he shared 1st with Jean-Luc Seret but lost additional play-off 0:2. Richard Goldenberg played for France in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

s: * In 1976, at first reserve board in the

22nd Chess Olympiad The 22nd Chess Olympiad ( he, אולימפיאדת השחמט ה-22, ''Olimpiada ha-shachmat ha-22''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE, took place between October 26 and November 10, 1976, in Haifa, Israel. For the firs ...

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(+4, =1, -6), * In 1980, at first reserve board in the

24th Chess Olympiad The 24th Chess Olympiad ( mt, L-24 Olimpijadi taċ-Ċess), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as well as ...

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(+1, =4, -1). Richard Goldenberg played for France in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

preliminaries: * In 1977, at sixth board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -4), * In 1983, at eighth board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =2, -0). Richard Goldenberg played for France in the World Student Team Chess Championship: * In 1972, at first board in the 19th World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+4, =3, -5). Richard Goldenberg played for France in the Men's Chess Mitropa Cups: * In 1978, at first board in the 3rd Chess Mitropa Cup in Ciocco (+1, =2, -3), * In 1981, at second board in the 6th Chess Mitropa Cup in

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(+1, =2, -2), * In 1982, at first board in the 7th Chess Mitropa Cup in

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(+0, =3, -0) and won team gold medal, * In 1983, at second board in the 8th Chess Mitropa Cup in

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(+1, =2, -1). In later years, Richard Goldenberg active participated in

correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, or email. Less common ...

tournaments. He participated in 13th

World Correspondence Chess Championship The World Correspondence Chess Championship determines the World Champion in correspondence chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest the title. The official World Correspondence Chess Championship is managed by the International Corre ...

final (1989–1998). In 1986, Richard Goldenberg was awarded the

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International Correspondence Chess Master (IM) title.Player Details
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* * * 1947 births Living people Sportspeople from Paris French chess players Chess FIDE Masters Chess Olympiad competitors {{France-chess-bio-stub