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Unto Eevert Venäläinen (born 29 February 1944) is a Finnish
chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
FIDE Master (FM), International Correspondence Chess Master (IMC) (1973) and
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 c ...
silver medalist (1974).


Biography

From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Unto Venäläinen was one of the leading Finnish chess players. He won a silver medal at the
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 c ...
in 1974. Unto Venäläinen 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 FIDE Onli ...
s: * In 1968, at the second reserve board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in
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(+1, =3, -6), * In 1974, at the first reserve board in the
21st Chess Olympiad The 21st Chess Olympiad (), 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. team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote ...
in
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Unto Venäläinen
chess games at 365chess.com 1944 births Living people Sportspeople from Lahti Finnish chess players Chess FIDE Masters Chess Olympiad competitors {{Finland-chess-bio-stub