Johan Hellsten

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Johan Hellsten
Full name Johan Hellsten
Country  Sweden
Born (1975-12-25) 25 December 1975
Sweden
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2550 (February 2014)
Peak rating 2592 (October 2006)

Johan Hellsten (born 25 December 1975) is a Swedish chess grandmaster (2004).

In 2006, he won the Swedish Chess Championship.[1] He played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 2004 and 2006[2] and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1997, 2003 and 2005.[3] He tied for second–sixth with Laurent Fressinet, Vladimir Baklan, Robert Fontaine and Erik Van den Doel in the Abihome Open 2000[4] and tied for first with Dmitry Svetushkin and Marcin Szymanski in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003.[5]

In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him Sweden's number seven.

Bibliography

  • Hellsten, Johan (2008). Play the Sicilian Kan. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857445817. 
  • Hellsten, Johan (2010). Mastering Chess Strategy. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857446487. 

References

  1. "Svenska mästare". Swedish Chess Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2009. 
  2. Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Johan Hellsten". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009. 
  3. Bartelski, Wojciech. "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Johan Hellsten". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009. 
  4. Crowther, Mark (2000-10-09). "TWIC 309: Abihome Open 2000". London Chess Center. Retrieved 27 November 2009. 
  5. Crowther, Mark (2003-07-28). "TWIC455: Ikaros Chess Festival". London Chess Center. Retrieved 27 November 2009. 

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