Kaarle Ojanen

Kaarle Sakari Ojanen ( born December 14, 1918 in Helsinki, † January 9, 2009 ) was a Finnish chess player. He was considered the leading Finnish players in the aftermath of Böök Eero and Heikki before Westerinen. Among his most famous roles include a victory over the Russian grandmaster Paul Keres, in which he asserted itself against the Modern Benoni Defence of his opponent in pattern manner ( center breakthrough ).

In 1952, FIDE awarded the title of International Master Ojanen (IM ); In 1981, he won the title of International Master of Correspondence Chess (IMC ).

Between 1950 and 1983 he took a total of 18 times in part to the Finnish Chess Championships, which he won 13 times (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1983). Ojanen represented Finland in eleven Chess Olympiads: 1937, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1972, of which the first board from 1956 to 1966 and on the second board in the years 1968, 1970 and 1972 ( first board at the time: Heikki Westerinen ); while it reached a total of 94 of 162 points. At the Chess Olympiad 1966 Ojanen received in Havana / Cuba for its result on first board an individual bronze medal. With Gambiiti Helsinki he was playing on top board, in the seasons 1975/76 and 1980/81 Finnish team champion.

At the international level, he scored his greatest success with a fourth place in the tournament in Oslo in 1939, a third place ( out of ten players ) in Helsinki in 1946 and a 17th place at a tournament in Trenčianske Teplice 1949. Likewise in correspondence chess, he was successful in international tournaments. When Eino Heilimo Memorial Tournament II (1978-1982), who won Duncan Suttles, it was shared by third parties. Among the 17 participants were Juliane dog (8 points) and the former Correspondence Chess World Championship runner- Lūcijs Endzelīns (6 points).