Johan Hellsten
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Johan Hellsten is a Swedish
chess
grandmaster (2004).
In 2006, he won the Swedish Chess Championship
. Played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiad
s of 1996, 2004 and 2006 and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1997, 2003 and 2005. He tied for 2nd-6th with Laurent Fressinet
, Vladimir Baklan
, Robert Fontaine and Erik Van den Doel in the Abihome Open 2000 and tied for first with Dmitry Svetushkin
and Marcin Szymanski in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003.
In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him Sweden's number seven.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
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...
grandmaster (2004).
In 2006, he won the Swedish Chess Championship
Swedish Chess Championship
The first Swedish Champion was Gustaf Nyholm who won two matches against winners of national tournaments: Berndtsson in Göteborg and Löwenborg in Stockholm in 1917. Until 1931 Swedish Chess Championships decided by match play. In the 1930s, Gideon Ståhlberg held the title in spite of results of the...
. Played for Sweden in the 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 of 1996, 2004 and 2006 and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1997, 2003 and 2005. He tied for 2nd-6th with Laurent Fressinet
Laurent Fressinet
Laurent Fressinet is a French chess Grandmaster. He is married to Almira Skripchenko.In October 2011 he tied for 3rd-15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit.-External links:*...
, Vladimir Baklan
Vladimir Baklan
Vladimir Baklan is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. In 2000 he won with the Ukrainian team a gold medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship....
, Robert Fontaine and Erik Van den Doel in the Abihome Open 2000 and tied for first with Dmitry Svetushkin
Dmitry Svetushkin
Dmitry Svetushkin is a Moldovan chess grandmaster .He tied for 1st-3rd with Johan Hellsten and Marcin Szymanski in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003....
and Marcin Szymanski in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003.
In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him Sweden's number seven.