Aleksei Holmstén
Aleksei Holmstén (born November 8, 1970 in Turku ) is a Finnish chess player .
He won the Finnish U20 championship in 1990. At the Finnish individual championships he was placed in the top three three times: in 1993 in Naantali he was third, in 1997 in Helsinki second behind Antti Pihlajasalo ; In 2000 he was able to win the championship in Helsinki before Mika Karttunen .
For the Finnish national team he played at the U26 World Championships in 1993 and 1995, with Finland taking third place in 1995 in Parnaíba, Brazil . Three times he participated in Chess Olympiads in part, in 1998 , 2000 and 2002 , and again at the European Team Championships , the European Championships in 2001 in Ohrid .
Aleksei Holmstén has held the title of International Master since 2001 . At the Linares International Tournament in January 2001, he achieved a norm for obtaining the Grandmaster title. He defeated there, among others, the grandmasters Walter Arencibia , Boris Awruch and Mark Zeitlin .
The Elo rating Holmsténs is 2288 (as of June 2020), his previous highest was 2,442 in April 2,001th
Web links
- Aleksei Holmstén at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
- More than 800 replayable chess games by Aleksei Holmsténs on 365Chess.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Finnish U20 champions 1955 to 2000 (Finnish)
- ↑ National team assignments Aleksei Holmstens on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ GM standard Holmstens ( PDF , 350 kB; English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holmstén, Aleksei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holmsten, Aleksei (FIDE) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turku |