Boris Markovich Kogan was a Russian-American chess

Chess

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 master.

Kogan was the Soviet Junior Champion in 1956 and 1957. He was a full-time chess teacher in the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 before emigrating and coming to the United States

United States

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 in 1981. In 1981 he was also awarded the International Master title.

He played in the U.S. Chess Championship

U.S. Chess Championship

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 three times. He was Georgia state

Georgia (U.S. state)

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 champion seven years in a row (1980–1986) and won it a total of nine times (additional wins in 1988 and 1992). He died of colon cancer

Colorectal cancer

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in 1993.

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