Ilkka Juhani Sarén (16 May 1940 – 24 December 2022) was a

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chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

Finnish Chess Championship The Finnish Chess Championship is the national championship in chess in Finland. Winners Women's winners References External links * (2006 crosstable)Finnish Championship July 2008 Finland FIDE Chess Tournament report {{Chess national ch ...

winner (1971).

Biography

In the 1970s, Ilkka Sarén was one of Finland's leading chess players. In

s he has won gold (1971), and bronze (1978) medals. Sarén participated in

World Junior Chess Championship The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Ritso ...

(1959) and

World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who has held the title since 2013. The first event recognized as a world championship was the World Chess ...

Zonal tournament (1972). Sarén played for Finland in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

s: * In 1972, at third board in the

20th Chess Olympiad The 20th Chess Olympiad ( mk, 20. Шаховска олимпијада, ''20. Šahovska olimpijada''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed t ...

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(+5, =7, -3), * In 1976, at first reserve board in the

22nd Chess Olympiad The 22nd Chess Olympiad ( he, אולימפיאדת השחמט ה-22, ''Olimpiada ha-shachmat ha-22''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE, took place between October 26 and November 10, 1976, in Haifa, Israel. For the firs ...

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(+5, =6, -1), * In 1978, at fourth board in the

23rd Chess Olympiad The 23rd Chess Olympiad ( es, La 23a Olimpíada de ajedrez), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as well a ...

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(+2, =4, -3). Sarén played for Finland in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

preliminaries: * In 1973, at first board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =0, -5). Sarén played for Finland in the Nordic Chess Cups: * In 1971, at second board in the 2nd Nordic Chess Cup in

Großenbrode Großenbrode is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, opposite Fehmarn, approx. 8 km (5 mi) east of Heiligenhafen. Until 1963 it had a ferry connection to G ...

(+0, =1, -4), * In 1973, at first board in the 4th Nordic Chess Cup in

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(+0, =1, -4), * In 1974, at third board in the 5th Nordic Chess Cup in

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(+1, =3, -1).

References

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chess games at 365chess.com 1940 births 2022 deaths Sportspeople from Helsinki Finnish chess players Chess FIDE Masters Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Finland-chess-bio-stub