Tüdeviin Üitümen (Mongolian: Түдэвийн Үйтүмэн, internationally often Tudev Ujtumen; born 27 August 1939 – died 1993[1]) was a Mongolian chess master. He became Mongolia's first International Master in 1965.[2]

In 1969, he won the West Asian Zonal tournament in Singapore.[3] He tied for 20th-22nd in the Interzonal tournament at Palma de Mallorca 1970 (Bobby Fischer won).[4]

In other international tournaments, he played mainly in USSR. He took 15th at Sochi 1964 (Chigorin memorial, Nikolai Krogius won);[5] took 15th at Sochi 1965 (Chigorin memorial, Wolfgang Unzicker and Boris Spassky won);[6] took 9th at Havana 1967 (4th Armies-ch, Vlastimil Hort won);[7] tied for 11-13th at Tbilisi 1971 (Goglidze memorial);[8] and took 9th at Dubna 1973 (Mikhail Tal and Ratmir Kholmov won).[9]

Ujtumen was a three-time winner of the Mongolian Chess Championship, in 1972, 1978 and 1986. He played six times for Mongolia in Chess Olympiads (1964–1974). He won the individual gold medal on second board (+11 −1 =5) at Tel Aviv 1964 and silver on second board (+12 −3 =3) at Siegen 1970.[10]

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  1. ^ hiimori.mn. "Монгол улсын шатрын Арван найм дахь аварга Түдэвийн ҮЙТҮМЭН /1939-1993/". hiimori.mn (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  2. ^ "Т.Үйтүмэн" [T. Ujtumen]. MongolChess. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  3. ^ Zonals in USSR, CIS and Asia Archived 2007-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ World Chess Championship : 1970-72 cycle : 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal
  5. ^ "Chigorin mem 1964". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2008-02-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Chigorin mem 1965". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2008-02-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ Chessmetrics Player Profile: Tudev Ujtumen
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2009-10-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2009-10-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
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