Tõnu Õim

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Tõnu Õim
Country	Estonia
Born	(1941-06-16) 16 June 1941 Tallinn, Estonia
Title	ICCF Grandmaster (1981)
ICCF World Champion	1977–83 1994–99

Tõnu Õim (born 16 June 1941 in Tallinn) is an Estonian grandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the first to have won the ICCF World Championship in correspondence chess twice, in 1983 and 1999.

Notable games

Tonu Oim vs Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev, 50th World Champions Jubilee Tournament 2003, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack (B90), 1–0
Tonu Oim vs Juan Sebastian Morgado, 14th CC World Ch Final 1994, Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation. Accepted (C47), 1–0

References

Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1987). The Oxford Companion to Chess. Oxford University Press. p. 229. ISBN 0-19-281986-0.

External links

Tõnu Õim player profile and games at Chessgames.com

Preceded by Jørn Sloth	World Correspondence Chess Champion 1977–1983	Succeeded by Victor Palciauskas
Preceded by Mikhail Umansky	World Correspondence Chess Champion 1994–1999	Succeeded by Gert Jan Timmerman

Persondata
Name	Oim, Tonu
Alternative names
Short description	Estonian chess player
Date of birth	16 June 1941
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
Date of death
Place of death

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