Johan Hellsten

Johan Hellsten ( born December 25, 1975 in Malmö) is a Swedish chess master.

Achievements

He was trained by Connie Holst ( b. 1955 ). In 1991 he became Swedish U20 Junior Champion, in July 2006 he became Swedish in Gothenburg 's singles champion.

He won the following tournaments (or was tied for first ):

  • 2003: Gyula (Hungary ), Santa Cruz ( Bolivia), Ikaria (Greece ), Menton (France)
  • 2004: Pinamar (Argentina )
  • 2005: Santiago (Chile ), Santa Cruz (Bolivia ), Mendoza (Argentina ), Guayaquil (Ecuador)
  • 2009: Ambato (Ecuador)

The fact that he since March 2003 at the Universidad de Tarapacá, a university in the city of Arica norchilenischen desert, teaches the sport of chess for a few years, he plays a lot of tournaments in South America. He had resided since 2002 in South America and there made ​​contact.

He took for the Swedish national team in three Chess Olympiads: 1996 in Yerevan, 2004 in Calvia and 2006 in Turin. In all three tournaments he had a positive result ( 59.1 %, 54.5 % and 61.1 %). In Chess, European Championships, where he participated with the national team three times, he took in 1997 in Pula a gold medal for his score of 6.5 out of 8 on the fourth board ( 81.3 %) and 2005 in Gothenburg a bronze medal for his score of 5, 5 out of 8 on the second board ( 68.8 %).

In Sweden he played for the club Malmö Limhamns SK, but he has played already in the Greek league. In the German Chess Bundesliga he played from season 1997/98 to 2001/ 02 for the chess friends Neukölln.

Statistics

In 1995 he became an International Master, since 2004, he has the title of chess grandmaster. His current Elo rating is 2550 (as of November 2009), that he is on the seventh position of the Swedish Elo ranking. His previous best Elo rating was 2592 in October 2006.

Hellsten opens up almost exclusively by train d2 -d4.

Publications

  • Play the Sicilian Kan: A Dynamic and Flexible Repertoire for Black. Everyman Chess, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-85744-581-7.
  • Mastering Chess Strategy. Everyman Chess, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-85744-648-7.
  • Mastering Opening Strategy. Everyman Chess, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-85744-692-0.
  • Mastering Endgame Strategy. Everyman Chess, London, 2013, ISBN 978-1-71894-018-5.
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