Heikki Westerinen
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Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen (born 27 April 1944) is a Finnish
chess
player, born in Helsinki
.
He became a national master at age sixteen, and earned the FIDE titles of International Master in 1967 and Grandmaster in 1975.
Westerinen won the Finnish Championship
in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1970.
He played for the national team in the biennial Chess Olympiad
s from 1962 through 1996, and 2006.
Westerinen's best tournament results include third place at Berlin 1971, tie for second place at Olso 1973, first at Sant Feliu de Guixols 1973, and first at Dortmund
1973 and 1975.
His style is described as original and combinative.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player, born in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
.
He became a national master at age sixteen, and earned the FIDE titles of International Master in 1967 and Grandmaster in 1975.
Westerinen won the Finnish Championship
Finnish Chess Championship
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in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1970.
He played for the national team in the biennial Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
s from 1962 through 1996, and 2006.
Westerinen's best tournament results include third place at Berlin 1971, tie for second place at Olso 1973, first at Sant Feliu de Guixols 1973, and first at Dortmund
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany.Dortmund is an invite-only event, and only the strongest grandmasters are invited...
1973 and 1975.
His style is described as original and combinative.
External links
- Olympiad record at olimpbase.org