Shimon Kagan

Shimon Kagan, Rio de Janeiro, Interzonal Tournament 1979

Shimon Kagan (Hebrew: שמעון כגן‎; born 6 April 1942, Tel Aviv) an Israeli chess master.

He was Israeli Champion in 1967 and 1969. He tied for 4-5th at Netanya 1968 (Bobby Fischer won), tied for 9-10th at Netanya 1969 (Samuel Reshevsky won), took 9th at Netanya 1971 (Lubomir Kavalek and Bruno Parma won).

Kagan played for Israel in nine Chess Olympiads.

• In 1966, at fourth board in 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+4 -6 =1);
• In 1968, at fourth board in 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+9 -1 =3);
• In 1970, at first board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+10 -3 =3);
• In 1972, at first board in 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+5 -7 =5);
• In 1974, at fourth board in 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+11 -1 =4);
• In 1976, at first reserve board in 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+5 -2 =2);
• In 1978, at third board in 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+3 -4 =2);
• In 1980, at first reserve board in 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+3 -3 =0);
• In 1982, at second reserve board in 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+2 -1 =4).

He won two individual medals; gold at Lugano 1968, and bronze at Nice 1974.

Kagan was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1969.