Werner Hug | |
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 Hug at Hauptbahnhof Zürich by Champions Simultan, 2009 | |
| Country |  Switzerland |
| Born | (1952-09-10)10 September 1952 (age 72) Feldmeilen, Switzerland |
| Title | International Master (1971) |
| FIDE rating | 2469 (March 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2485 (September 2014) |
Werner Hug (born 10 September 1952 inFeldmeilen) is aSwisschess player. Hug wasWorld Junior Chess Champion in 1971 and was Switzerland's leading player of the early 1970's. AfterVictor Korchnoi settled down in Switzerland, Hug remained number 2 a further decade.
In 1968 Hug won the Swiss Junior Championship. He was awarded the title ofInternational Master (IM) in 1971, when he became World Junior Champion inAthens. He won theSwiss Championship in 1975.
Hug has played on the Swiss team in theChess 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.
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