Jouni Yrjölä

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Jouni Yrjölä (born October 24, 1959 in Vilppula ) is a Finnish chess player and author.

He was able to win the Finnish individual championship twice : 1985 in Espoo and 1988 in Helsinki . In 1983 in Helsinki, 1991 in Tampere and 1995 in Helsinki he was second, in 1986 in Pori he was third.

With the Finnish national team he took part in the chess Olympiads in 1982 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 , 1990 , 1992 , 1996 and 2000 with a positive overall result of 45 points from 84 games (+26 = 38 −20). In four participations in European team championships (1989, 1992, 1997 and 1999) his best result was the team's fourth place in 1989 in Haifa , where he played on the top board, and an individual bronze medal for his result of 5 out of 7 on the third board in 1999 in Batumi .

He plays club chess in Finland for the Gaia Helsinki club , with which he was Finnish team champion in the 2000/01 season (then still Garde Helsinki ) and 2003/04, as well as taking part in the 2004 European Club Cup on the top board. Before that he played at PSY Pori , with whom he won the team championship in 1986/87.

In 1984 Jouni Yrjölä received the title of International Master and has been a chess grandmaster since 1990 . Its Elo rating is 2322 (as of August 2019), its highest to date was 2515 in 1984.

Publications

  • Easy Guide to the Classical Sicilian - featuring the Richter-Rauzer and Sozin Attacks . Everyman Chess, London 2000, ISBN 1-857-44524-4 .
  • An Explosive Chess Opening Repertoire for Black . Gambit Publications, London 2001, ISBN 1-901983-50-1 . (in cooperation with Jussi Tella)
  • The Queen's Indian . Gambit Publications, London 2003, ISBN 1-901983-90-0 . (with Jussi Tella)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jouni Yrjöläs results at Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Jouni Yrjöläs results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Jouni Yrjöläs results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Yrjölä, Jouni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yrjola, Jouni (FIDE)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish chess player and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Vilppula