İsmet İbrahimoğlu (1943–1988) was a Turkish

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player. He was three-time Turkish Chess Champion.

Biography

İbrahimoğlu was born in 1943 in

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, started playing chess in 1962. He won the 1967, 1970 and 1971 Turkish Chess Championship. He took part in the 17th, 18th and

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Turkish National Team. At the 1966 Olympiad in

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in the 6th round at the 19th World Chess Olympiad held in

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. He died in 1988. In his memory, the 2018 Turkish Chess Championship was named after him.

References

Turkish chess players 1943 births 1988 deaths Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Turkey-chess-bio-stub