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Johannes Terho
Johannes Terho (9 December 1885 – 28 March 1961) was a Finnish chess player, Finnish Chess Championship silver medalist (1922). Biography Johannes Terho by education was a mathematician. He worked in the financial departments of various Finnish ministries. Since 1922 Terho served in Ministry of Defence. He rose to the position of chief accountant. Johannes Terho retired in 1952. Johannes Terho participated in chess tournaments since 1911. In the 1922 Finnish Chess Championship, he competed with Anatol Tschepurnoff throughout the tournament. The result of the tournament was decided by their internecine party in the penultimate round. Tschepurnoff won and became the champion of the country. Terho finished the tournament in 2nd place. Johannes Terho played for Finland in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1927, at fourth board in the 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+2, =6, -7). For a long time Johannes Terho collaborated with various newspapers and from 1924 to 1945 led the chess departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
