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IM Kaarle Ojanen 90 -years Old Tournament

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In Memorian

Posted by Mammutti on Friday, Jan 16 at 12:09pm

Kaarle Sakari Ojanen (14 December 1918 - 9 January 2009) was a Finnish chess player. Born in Helsinki in 1918, he became a Finnish National Master in 1938 and was the leadind Finnish player after Eero Böök and before Heikki Westerinen. He was best known for outplaying Russian chess grandmaster Paul Keres with the use of the Modern Benoni chess opening....

External links

FIDE rating card for Kaarle S. Ojanen

Kaarle-Sakari Ojanen at ChessGames.com

Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaarle_Ojanen

He plays with finnish Chairman Sauli Niinistö at his 90-days at Parlament two games. He died after he had fall accident.

My best regarsd, Ari Ruotsalainen

Winners:

#1 1st Place jako50 (2404) Czech Republic

#2 2nd Place jack1963 (2050) Italy

#3 3rd Place zabe (2231) Finland

TD: Mammutti Started on Sep 18, 2008 @ 5:42pm

Players: 12   Time Control: 7 days/move
Max Group Size: 12   Rating Range: >1700
# Advance: 1   Tie Breaks: Yes
Points Available: 352   Games Rated: Yes

TOURNAMENT FINISHED!
Tournament Stats
Starting Players: 12 Completed Games: 132 (tournament is 100% complete)
Players Withdrawn: 0 (0%) # Timeouts: 15 (11%)
Remaining Players: 1 (8%) Remaining Games: 0
Average Rating: 1958 Biggest Upset: 2065 defeats 2585

IM Kaarle Ojanen (birthday 4 December 1918).

Kaarle Ojanen <> Paul Keres Helsinki 1960

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Comments:

by Aldrin - 3 years ago
Helsinki Finland
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 123

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