{{short description|Belgian chess player}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Jos Gobert | image = | birthname = | caption = | country = Belgium | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|5|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = unknown | death_place = | spouse = | children = | title = | worldchampion = | womensworldchampion = | peakrating = | FideID = }}
'''Jos Gobert''' (also '''Jozef Gobert'''; 22 May 1922 – unknown) was a Belgian chess player, two times Belgian Chess Championships winner (1954, 1955).
==Biography== Jos Gobert was one of Belgium's leading chess players in the mid-1950s. He participated several times in Belgian Chess Championships and two times won this tournament. In 1954, in Bruges his victory was big surprise because he was ahead of the best Belgian chess players of this time - Albéric O'Kelly de Galway and Arthur Dunkelblum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.belgianchesshistory.be/tournament/belgian-championship-bruges/|title=Belgian Chess History » Belgian championship, Bruges}}</ref> The next year, in Merksem, Belgian Chess Championship was more haunted, but Jos Gobert shared 1st -3rd place and won an additional tournament for the title of champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.belgianchesshistory.be/tournament/belgian-championship-merksem/|title=Belgian Chess History » Belgian championship, Merksem}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.belgianchesshistory.be/tournament/belgian-championship-play-off/|title=Belgian Chess History » Belgian championship play-off}}</ref>
Jos Gobert played for Belgium in the Chess Olympiad:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/9hn9r7td.html|title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Jozef Gobert|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> * In 1954, at third board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1, =3, -4).
Jos Gobert played for Belgium in the Clare Benedict Cup:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersq/9hn9r7td.html|title=OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Jozef Gobert|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> * In 1953, at fifth board in the 1st Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Mont Pèlerin (+1, =1, -3).
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==External links== *{{chessgames player|id=114978}} *[https://www.365chess.com/players/Jozef_Gobert Jos Gobert] chess games at 365Chess.com
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