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Ilmari Niemela

Number of games in database: 130
Years covered: 1927 to 1966
Overall record: +38 -58 =34 (42.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ILMARI NIEMELA
(born Sep-16-1907, died Nov-12-1975, 68 years old) Finland

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Aarne Ilmari Niemela was born in Miehikkala, Finland. He was Finnish champion in 1948 and passed away in Helsinki in 1975.

Wikipedia article: Aarne Ilmari Niemelä

Last updated: 2021-03-19 08:08:53

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 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 130  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Niemela vs J Terho  0-1551927club tournament, HSKC55 Two Knights Defense
2. I Niemela vs Boris Tschepurnoff  1-0171930Finland National Tournament 5th, first categoryC55 Two Knights Defense
3. V Palomaa vs I Niemela  1-0331932Finland National Tournament 7thB03 Alekhine's Defense
4. I Niemela vs E Book  1-0221934HelsinkiC55 Two Knights Defense
5. R Krogius vs I Niemela 1-0181934LoviisaE00 Queen's Pawn Game
6. I Niemela vs A Tschepurnoff  1-0271934LoviisaB32 Sicilian
7. R Krogius vs I Niemela  1-0401934LoviisaC71 Ruy Lopez
8. P Tautvaisas vs I Niemela  0-13919371st SELL Baltic Student OlympiadC56 Two Knights
9. I Niemela vs K Ozols  1-05119371st SELL Baltic Student OlympiadC15 French, Winawer
10. A E Candolin vs I Niemela  1-0261937Finland National Tournament 13th, 1st categoryC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
11. I Niemela vs T Vilen  1-0411937LoviisaC55 Two Knights Defense
12. I Niemela vs F Ekstrom  0-1571948Saltsjobaden ttD22 Queen's Gambit Accepted
13. E Rojahn vs I Niemela  0-1291948Saltsjobaden ttE18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
14. B Moller vs I Niemela  1-0421948Nordic Congress, OrebroD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. S Hjorth vs I Niemela  ½-½421948Nordic Congress, OrebroD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
16. A Bergkvist vs I Niemela  1-0481950Dubrovnik OlympiadD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. P Panagopoulos vs I Niemela  ½-½561950Dubrovnik OlympiadD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
18. I Niemela vs M Zapata Vinces  1-0261950Dubrovnik OlympiadD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. I Niemela vs J H Donner 1-0301950Dubrovnik OlympiadE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
20. I Niemela vs A Giustolisi  1-0441950Dubrovnik OlympiadE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
21. C Guimard vs I Niemela  ½-½371950Dubrovnik OlympiadD05 Queen's Pawn Game
22. I Niemela vs M Kupferstich 0-1411950Dubrovnik OlympiadA54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
23. I Niemela vs L Rellstab  ½-½341950Dubrovnik OlympiadD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. O Morcken vs I Niemela  ½-½1021950Dubrovnik OlympiadD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
25. I Niemela vs P Trifunovic  0-1391950Dubrovnik OlympiadA54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
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Sep-16-07  Eastfrisian: I guess, he was one of the not well known chessplayers in the world. I had never heard about him.
Sep-16-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  SwitchingQuylthulg: Some puzzles from his games:

A pretty easy one he wins to begin with.


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Lignell-Niemelä, 1943. Black to play and win immediately.

Another not too complicated one, where he loses:


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Niemelä-Keto, 1959. Black to play.

Finally, a pleasing but very tricky one where he's on the receiving end:


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R Krogius vs Niemala, 1934. White to play.

<Warning - if you want to solve this one properly, it takes a lot of calculations. Thomas W Ristoja analyses this position for a full page in his tactics book and I feel he was if anything lazy here! So I recommend just trying to see if you can grasp the general idea and leave it at that.> Black has some surprising defensive resources and a win is almost impossible to demonstrate - in fact I'm not sure if there is one by force or not despite analysing it for a couple more pages. Still, what is White's best move here?

Sep-16-07  Guguni: In the last position it looks like the attack sequence starts with white playing R:h7, then Qh5+ (queen can not be captured because of the white bishop) and then the queen can settle on h6 square and after o-o-o the second white rook can join the attack. But this is just a quick glance, I did not make a move by move analyses.
Sep-16-07
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  SwitchingQuylthulg: <Guguni> You're right about 1.Rxh7. However, by no means must Black take the rook (1...Kxh7?? as played in the game loses for sure). He has two other good options at his disposal: 1...cxd3 and above all the energetic 1...Bxg5! which might even salvage a draw following, say, 2.Bxg6! (the best try) Bh4+!? (2...fxg6 3.Rxb7 Qc8 4.Nf3 Qxb7 5.Nxg5 also gives Black some chances to save the game) 3.Kf1 fxg6 4.Rxb7 Qc8 5.Nf3 Qxb7 6.Nxh4 Qc6! (this is just the beginning of one sample line and doesn't go halfway towards solving the mess that is this position)
Sep-16-07  whiteshark: player of the day

No additional information from the web ?

Aug-24-08  myschkin: . . .

Rajuna hyökkäyspelaajana pidetty <Ilmari Niemelä> (1907-1975) osallistui shakin SM-kilpailuun 21 kertaa - useammin kuin kukaan muu tähän mennessä. Hän voitti ainoan mestaruutensa osallistuttuaan ensimmäisen kerran vuonna 1948. Sen jälkeen menestys oli vaihtelevaa. Olympialaisissa Niemelä edusti Suomea seitsemästi: 1950 Dubrovnikissa, 1952 Helsingissä, 1956 Moskovassa, 1960 Leipzigissa, 1962 Varnassa, 1964 Tel Avivissa ja 1966 Havannassa.

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(Ilmari Niemelä - Eero E. Böök, Helsinki 1934)
http://shakkihistoria.blogspot.com/...

as additional source try:
http://www.helsinginshakkiklubi.fi/

Aug-24-08  whiteshark: Kiitos, <Anonyymi kirjoitti>!
Aug-24-08  myschkin: . . .

Joo!
Hyvää päivänjatkoa :D

Aug-24-08  whiteshark: He played 7 Chess Olympiads between 1950 and 1966.

Olimpbase statistics: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/6c...

Sep-16-12  Fuegoverde: My favorite game ever is Niemela vs Tal, in Riga 1959, where Tal only moves his Knight in the last five moves of the game. 23... Nc6 ! is one of the prettiest moves I'd ever seen

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