Aarne Ilmari Niemelä (16 September 1907 – 12 November 1975) was a Finnish

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player, Finnish Chess Championship winner (1948). From the late 1940s to the late 1960s, Aarne Ilmari Niemelä was one of Finland's leading chess players. In Finnish Chess Championships he has won gold (1948) and three bronze (1956, 1959, 1962) medals. Aarne Ilmari Niemelä two times participated in FIDE European Zonal tournaments (1957, 1961). In 1959, he participated in International Chess tournament in

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where ranked 12th place. Aarne Ilmari Niemelä played for Finland in the

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s: * In 1950, at fourth board in the 9th Chess Olympiad in

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(+3, =4, -3), * In 1952, at second reserve board in the

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(+0, =0, -2), * In 1956, at second reserve board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in

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(+4, =2, -5), * In 1960, at second reserve board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in

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(+5, =4, -3), * In 1962, at fourth board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in

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(+3, =9, -3), * In 1964, at fourth board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in

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(+6, =2, -5), * In 1966, at second reserve board in the

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preliminaries: * In 1961, at six board (+1, =2, -1).

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Aarne Ilmari Niemelä
chess games at 365chess.com 1907 births 1975 deaths People from Miehikkälä Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Finnish chess players {{Finland-chess-bio-stub