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Monday, July 18, 2011

GM Rantanen wins Heart of Finland Chess Tournament

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


Hi everyone,

The Heart of Finland Chess Tournament has been won by Finnish veteran Yrjo Rantanen. The event was organised by Jyvas-Shakki organised the event in Finland from July 11-17 and it is the biggest annual chess event in Finland. A total of 128 players from eight countries took participation including six grandmasters and six international masters attended the event.

GM Rantanen actually started with a loss in the event in the first round against Teemu Pudas but then went on to win all the remaining eight rounds leaving the field a full point behind. He took home a Euros 1000 prize for his efforts. You can find a nice detailed report in English at www.chessdom.com.

Yrjö Rantanen

Winner GM Rantanen





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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 18, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    One power-loaded performance there.

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  2. Alexis Cochran, New ZealandJuly 18, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    I wonder what are the statistics about a grandmaster winning all his nine rounds or like this - eight rounds straight - whoa double whoa

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