Kogan Arthur
Place of birth & birth date:
Chernovci,Ukraine-January 29,1974

Current residence:
Tarragona,Spain since about 4 years;
But I spent more than 20 years in Israel ( Immigrated from Ukraine
with 2 years old!) ,and I had the luck to stay 3 years in France
(Cannes, Tulouse and Paris) 1 year in Prague ,8 months in Switzerland,
half year in Ljubliana (Slovenia) and Budapest...
And many other great places around the world!
Marital status:
Married since 25 of July 2003! (with WIM Plachkinova-Kogan Tatiana)
and since two years got a sweet baby called Carolina!
My chess style:
Playing for harmony! ( positionally and tactically)
Especially with aggressive , tactical , Inventive and creative chess!
Favorite Openings:
Sicilian All types but especially Taimanov and Rauser for boths colors!
Volga, Kings and Blumenfeld gambit's
Chess heroes that influenced me the most
World Champions GM's Alechin ,Fischer, Smyslov and Tal...ok, also Kasparov!


When and how I achieved my chess title:
1991 Biel - 1st IM norm and Loyds Bank - 2nd IM norm
1993 Groningen 3rd IM norm
1994 Kecskemet (HUN) 9 points out of 11 -1st GM norm
1997 Koszeg (HUN) 8 p. out of 11 - 2nd GM norm
1998 Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) 9 p. out of 12 - 3rd GM norm


Major tournaments and match results:
1981-1989 Winner of Town open championships in Israel of Bat-Yam,
Holon , Rishon-Lezioh, Petan - Tikva...and many junior events...
1989 -World Championship under 16 - 2-4th place
1994 - Saanen cat 5- 2nd place
1994 - Lenk 2nd place before GM's Gofshtein , Georgeio...
1994 - Draw with Kasparov in Simul
1995 - Winning the CZE league with a team of Prague,
1995 - 3rd place in open Ch. of Slovakia
1996 - Winning the Team Championship of Israel -with Elitzur club ,(
scoring 8,5 points out of 10)
1996 - Formie (FRA) 1st place (5,5 points out of 6)
1996 - Vlissingen - 1st place ( 6 points out of 7 ) ,before GM's like
Ehlvest , Hort, Bagirov...
1996 - Sas Van Gent open (Holland) -1st place
1996 - Israeli Championship - 4th place (6,5 p. out of 9)
1996 - Ischia (Italy) -1st place (7 p. out of 8)
1997 - Pak Atom Cup (Hun) - 2nd place ( 7 p. out of 11)
1997/98 -Team Championship playing with Nice - 2nd place
1998 - Ljubliana (Slovenia)- share 1st place with Avruch & Sax ( 7 p. out of 9)
1998 - Pyramiden cup( Germany) - 1st place ( 7 p. of 9) before Gm's
like Hickl ,Onischuk ,Hamdouchi
1999 - Ljubliana , share 1st place ( 7 p. of 9 ) with gms Sveshnikov,
Kozul, Kujraica
2000 - Cannes Master (Fra) - ; Beating GM Nisipeano (that just came
back from finishing 3th in the world champion in Las-Vegas!)  2-0! ,
losing 1/2 final to Savchenko 3,5-2,5
2000 - Almassora (Esp) - 1st place ( 7 p. out of 9 )
2000 - Cutro open ( Italy ) - 1st place (7,5 p. out of 9 )
2000 - Quebec open Ch ,Montreal - 1st place (7 p. / 9)
2001 - Nordic Scandinavian open Championship ,Bergen - 1st place ( 8
points out of 9! )
2001 - Lisbon ( Portugal ) - 2nd place ( 7 points out of 9 ) with
Oratovsky -after GM Piket ,before Gm's like Atalik , Kotronias ,
Ftachnik...
2001 - Salou Costa Dorada close tournament ( Spain ) - 1st place ( 6,5
points out of 11)
2002 - Genove ( Italy ) - 1st place ( 7 of 9 )
2002 - Merida ( MEX ) went till the 1/4 final after beating GM Lalic
in the 1/8 1.5-0.5...
2003 - Zaragoza open - 2-3 place ( 7,5 points out of 9 )
2003 - Winner of Aragon Championship with the team of Olivar (4 points
out of 6) first board
2003 - French Team Championship ( 2nd division ) with club of Evry ( 6
points out of 7 ) at 1st-2nd board
2005-Shared first place in Paris open
2005 Tarragona open 1th place!
2006 Ashdod open (Israell) Shared first place with Sutovsky and Smirin!


Blitz- good results:
Won Games against Gm's Adams ,Grishchuk, Van - Wely...
Winner of Israeli blitz ch under 20
3rd place in Israeli Blitz Champinship 1999
1-2nd in Zurich 2001 9 p. of 11 ...

  2 times 1th in Vendrell rapidas etc.

Important rapid chess results:
Geneve 1994 1st place with 6.5 of 7
2 times Ramat -Gan (Isr) ch Open
(7 points out of 9 ) share with gm Smirin before Gm's like
Psahis,Yudasin,Sutovski,Huzman...
(6 points out of 7 ) before GM's like Golod , Oratovsky, Huzman.....
Bilbao 2001 ( 8 points out of 9) share with GM Strikovich, blitz match
against him... 2-0 win in the final ; before Gm's like Shirov, Suba ,
Palac,Damlianovic...
Carboneras (Esp) 2002 -win with 7 points out of 8
2003 - Utrera rapid - 2nd -3rd place ( 7,5 points out of 9 )

  2006 1th in Tamarite

  Career:

I am working as a professional trainer (next for being one of the most
active chess players in the world!) since many years ( more than
15!)...between my chess students I had European champion under 20 (now
GM De Vrougt (Holland)), world champion under 16 (now already GM
Gershon) ,French women champion and (WGM Marrie Sebag) ...and many
more!
I worked also as a second of Vlad Tkachiev that two times played world
quarter final matches...and a coach of the Dutch national women team,
(between them WGM Peng one of the best world women players for years
and 3th place in last european champ.) and coach of Italian national
women team since  Torino olimpiade  2006!
I had students of any age and chess level ,one of the oldest (64 years
old) won the first he played in his life after only about 20 hours of
training!
I have chess training groups that in Holland,Spain and France...