Yrjo A Rantanen
Number of games in database: 162
Years covered: 1962 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2361
Highest rating achieved in database: 2465
Overall record: +49 -72 =41 (42.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (30)      B93 B82 B83 B95 B42  Sicilian Najdorf (11)      B93 B95 B96 B99 B90  French Defense (9)      C18 C17 C12 C19 C16  Sicilian Scheveningen (7)      B82 B83 B85  Ruy Lopez (7)      C91 C60 C72 C84  Caro-Kann (7)      B14 B13 B15	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (23)      B27 B22 B38 B25 B51  Ruy Lopez (9)      C68 C75 C70 C60 C64  King's Indian (7)      E81 E90 E96 E62 E60  Sicilian Dragon (6)      B38 B37 B76 B74 B70  Queen's Gambit Accepted (6)      D20 D27 D21 D23  English (5)      A10 A19 A13

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YRJO A RANTANEN (born Apr-23-1950) Finland [what is this?] Yrjo Aukusti Rantanen was born on the 23rd April 1950 in Tampere, Finland. Awarded the IM title in 1977 and the GM title in 1981 he won the Finnish Championship in 1976 (jointly) and 1978. In tournaments he was 3rd at Helsinki 1981 and 1st at Jarvenpaa in 1982.

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 162  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Parma vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 45 1962 Olympiad B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 2. Savon vs Y Rantanen   1-0 41 1972 Skopje ol (Men) prel E60 King's Indian Defense 3. Hernandez vs Y Rantanen   1-0 20 1972 Skopje E81 King's Indian, Samisch 4. Y Rantanen vs B Denman   1-0 20 1972 Skopje B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 5. Y Rantanen vs S Fedder   0-1 40 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. B Jansson vs Y Rantanen 1-0 13 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 7. Y Rantanen vs T Wibe   0-1 29 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT B06 Robatsch 8. M Christoph vs Y Rantanen   0-1 72 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT A07 King's Indian Attack 9. I Johannsson vs Y Rantanen   1-0 50 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT A04 Reti Opening 10. Y Rantanen vs I Bilek   0-1 21 1974 Olympiad B06 Robatsch 11. E Kristiansen vs Y Rantanen ½-½ 44 1974 Radio Match B42 Sicilian, Kan 12. Y Rantanen vs Reshevsky   0-1 24 1974 Olympiad (Finals) B89 Sicilian 13. Y Rantanen vs R Lontoc   1-0 74 1974 Nice ol (Men) fin-A B15 Caro-Kann 14. Y Rantanen vs Gipslis   ½-½ 49 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 15. Taimanov vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 46 1975 Tallinn D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. D Marovic vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 44 1975 Tallinn D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 17. I Nei vs Y Rantanen   1-0 35 1975 Tallinn A35 English, Symmetrical 18. Spassky vs Y Rantanen   1-0 48 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) B42 Sicilian, Kan 19. Hort vs Y Rantanen   1-0 19 1975 Tallinn D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Y Rantanen vs Lombardy   0-1 31 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) C57 Two Knights 21. Y Rantanen vs L Espig   0-1 43 1975 Tallinn A55 Old Indian, Main line 22. Bronstein vs Y Rantanen   1-0 34 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) E08 Catalan, Closed 23. Y Rantanen vs Keres   0-1 23 1975 Tallinn C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. L Lengyel vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 17 1975 Tallinn A34 English, Symmetrical 25. Sosonko vs Y Rantanen   1-0 26 1976 Haifa olm D30 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 162

Apr-23-06    BIDMONFA: Yrjo A Rantanen RANTANEN, Yrjo A. http://www.bidmonfa.com/rantanen_yr... _ Feb-02-09    cruiseyleemorph: Not that relevant but this guy has the lowest bullet and blitz rating of any GM on ICC. Interesting stat anyway. His handle is Rahjus. Apr-23-09    WhiteRook48: Hello, and happy birthday... Mr...Who?

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