Kaarle Ojanen

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Kaarle Sakari Ojanen (born December 4, 1918 in Helsinki , † January 9, 2009 there ) was a Finnish chess player . He was considered the leading Finnish player in the period after Eero Böök and before Heikki Westerinen . One of his most famous games is a victory over the Russian grandmaster Paul Keres , in which he prevailed against the modern Benoni defense of his opponent in an exemplary manner (center breakthrough).

In 1952, FIDE awarded Ojanen the title of International Master (IM); In 1981 he won the title of International Correspondence Chess Master.

Between 1950 and 1983 he took part in the Finnish chess championships a total of 18 times , which he won 13 times (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1983). Ojanen represented Finland at eleven Chess Olympiads : 1937 , 1950 , 1952 , 1956 , 1958 , 1960 , 1962 , 1966 , 1968 , 1970 and 1972 , including on the first board from 1956 to 1966 and on the second board in 1968, 1970 and 1972 ( first board back then: Heikki Westerinen); he achieved a total of 94 out of 162 points. At the 1966 Chess Olympiad in Havana , Ojanen received an individual bronze medal for his result on the first board. He also took part in the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich in 1936 . With Gambiiti Helsinki , playing on the top board, he was Finnish team champion in the 1975/76 and 1980/81 seasons and took part in the European Club Cup in 1979.

At the international level, he achieved his greatest successes with a fourth place at the tournament in Oslo in 1939, a third place (under ten players) in Helsinki in 1946 and a 17th place at the tournament in Trenčianske Teplice in 1949. He was also successful in correspondence chess at international tournaments . At the Eino Heilimo Memorial Tournament II (1978-1982), which Duncan Suttles won, he was tied for third. Among the 17 participants were Juliane Hund (8 points) and the former correspondence chess world champion Lūcijs Endzelīns (6 points).

literature

  • Gaige, Jeremy: Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography . McFarland, 1987, p. 310, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 .
  • Golombek, Harry : Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess . Crown Publishing, 1977, p. 219, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 .
  • Sunnucks, Anne: The Encyclopaedia of Chess . St. Martin's Press, 1970, p. 328.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kaarle Ojanen's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ SchachReport 1994/2 p. 49
  3. ↑ 17th Chess Olympiad: Havana 1966 on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ Kaarle Ojanen's results at unofficial chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  5. ↑ SM-Liiga 1980-81 (Finnish)
  6. ↑ Kaarle Ojanens results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  7. ^ Duncan Suttles and the Eino Heilimo Memorial II
personal data
SURNAME Ojanen, Kaarle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ojanen, Kaarle Sakari (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish chess player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2009
Place of death Helsinki