Heikki Westerinen
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Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen (born 27 April 1944)[1] is a Finnish chess player, born in Helsinki. He became a national master in 1960 at age 16, 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 has competed in the Chess Olympiads of 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, and 2006.[2] Westerinen's best tournament results include 3rd at Berlin 1971, 2nd= at Olso 1973, 1st at Sant Feliu de Guixols 1973, and 1st at Dortmund 1975. His style is described as original and combinative.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ All sources agree on 1944 as his birth year (including FIDE), but Sunnucks and Brace give the date 28 April, and Keene has 12 May (!). Gaige and Whyld have reputations for accuracy, and both have 27 April.
- ^ Westerinen, Heiki at olimpbase.org, retrieved 29 September 2007
- ^ Keene, p. 342
[edit] References
- Brace, Edward R. (1977), An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess, Hamlyn Publishing Group, p. 303, ISBN 1-55521-394-4
- Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 461, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- Keene, Raymond (1977), “Westerinen, Markku Heikki Julius”, in Golombek, Harry, Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 342, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
- Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, pp. 524–525, LCCN 78-106371
- Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. 170, ISBN 0-85112-455-0
[edit] Further reading
- New in Chess: 44–46, May 1985
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Heikki Westerinen
- Heikki Westerinen at ChessGames.com
- Olympiad record at olimbase.org
