Kaarle Ojanen
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Kaarle Sakari Ojanen was a Finnish
chess
player. Born in Helsinki
in 1918, he became a Finnish National Master in 1938 and was the leading Finnish player between Eero Böök
and Heikki Westerinen
. He was perhaps best known for defeating world championship candidate, grandmaster Paul Keres
, at Helsinki, 1960.
Ojanen earned the FIDE International Master (IM) title in 1952 and the International Master of Correspondence Chess (IMC) title in 1981.
He was the thirteen-time Finnish Champion
, winning in 1950, 1951, 1951–2, 1952–3, 1957 through 1962, 1967, 1972, and 1983.
Ojanen represented Finland in eleven Chess Olympiad
s: 1937, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, and 1972, playing first board from 1956 through 1966, thereafter playing second, after Westerinen.
Ojanen won the first board individual bronze medal at Havana 1966.
In international play, he placed fourth at Oslo
1939, third of ten at Helsinki 1946, and seventeenth at Trenčianske Teplice
1949.
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...
in 1918, he became a Finnish National Master in 1938 and was the leading Finnish player between Eero Böök
Eero Böök
Eero Einar Böök was a Finnish chess player and engineer.A six-time Finnish champion who represented his country six times in the Chess Olympiad, he was awarded the International Master title in 1950 and became an honorary Grandmaster in 1984...
and Heikki Westerinen
Heikki Westerinen
Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen 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....
. He was perhaps best known for defeating world championship candidate, grandmaster Paul Keres
Paul Keres
Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....
, at Helsinki, 1960.
Ojanen earned the FIDE International Master (IM) title in 1952 and the International Master of Correspondence Chess (IMC) title in 1981.
He was the thirteen-time Finnish Champion
Finnish Chess Championship
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, winning in 1950, 1951, 1951–2, 1952–3, 1957 through 1962, 1967, 1972, and 1983.
Ojanen represented Finland in eleven 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: 1937, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, and 1972, playing first board from 1956 through 1966, thereafter playing second, after Westerinen.
Ojanen won the first board individual bronze medal at Havana 1966.
In international play, he placed fourth at Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
1939, third of ten at Helsinki 1946, and seventeenth at Trenčianske Teplice
Trencianske Teplice
Trenčianske Teplice is a health resort and small spa town in western Slovakia, in the valley of the river Teplička, at the foothills of the Strážovské vrchy mountains.-Characteristics:...
1949.