Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen (born 27 April 1944)[1] is a Finnish chess player, born in Helsinki. He became a national master at age sixteen, and earned the FIDE titles of International Master in 1967 and Grandmaster in 1975 making him the first Finnish player to obtain chess Grandmaster title. Westerinen won the Finnish Championship in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1970. He played for the national team in the biennial Chess Olympiads from 1962 through 1996, and 2006.[2] Westerinen's best tournament results include third place at Berlin 1971, tie for second place at Oslo 1973, first at Sant Feliu de Guixols 1973, and first at Dortmund 1973 and 1975. His style is described as original and combinative.[3]
| Heikki Westerinen | |
|---|---|
 Westerinen in Altensteig, 1987 | |
| Full name | Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen |
| Country |  Finland |
| Born | 27 April 1944 Helsinki, Finland |
| Title | Grandmaster (1975) |
| Peak rating | 2485 (January 1976) |
Notes edit
- ^ All sources agree on 1944 as his birth year (including FIDE), but Sunnucks and Brace give the date 28 April, and Keene has 12 May. Gaige and Whyld have reputations for accuracy, and both have 27 April.
- ^ Westerinen, Heikki at olimpbase.org, retrieved 29 September 2007
- ^ Keene, p. 342
References edit
- Brace, Edward R. (1977), An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess, Hamlyn Publishing Group, p. 303, ISBN 1-55521-394-4
- Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 461, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- Keene, Raymond (1977), "Westerinen, Markku Heikki Julius", in Golombek, Harry (ed.), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 342, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
- Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, pp. 524–525, LCCN 78106371
- Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. 170, ISBN 0-85112-455-0
Further reading edit
- "New in Chess". May 1985. pp. 44–46.
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External links edit
- Heikki M.J. Westerinen rating card at FIDE
- Heikki Westerinen player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Heikki Westerinen Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
