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Olli Salmensuu
Number of games in database: 135
Years covered: 1989 to 2004
Last FIDE rating: 2395
Highest rating achieved in database: 2458

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (25)      B30 B40 B25 B90 B23  French Defense (10)      C00 C03 C18 C07 C02  Caro-Kann (10)      B12  King's Gambit Accepted (8)      C34 C36 C37  French (6)      C00 C11  Scandinavian (4)      B01	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (12)      C12 C11 C00 C07 C02  Sicilian (12)      B76 B72 B40 B53 B74  Benko Gambit (9)      A57 A58 A59  Modern Benoni (9)      A57 A59 A58  French (8)      C12 C11 C00  Reti System (7)      A04 A06

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   O Salmensuu vs B Lalic, 1999 1-0
   O Salmensuu vs P Blehm, 1989 1/2-1/2
   M Dutreeuw vs O Salmensuu, 2001 0-1
   O Salmensuu vs Solozhenkin, 2000 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   European Club Cup (2003)

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OLLI SALMENSUU (born Oct-09-1978, 41 years old) Finland [what is this?] International Master, Finnish champion in 1999.

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 135  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. O Salmensuu vs P Blehm   ½-½ 20 1989 Calicut C34 King's Gambit Accepted 2. Bagirov vs O Salmensuu 1-0 43 1994 Heart of Finland op 04th A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 3. O Salmensuu vs Movsesian 0-1 26 1994 Wch U16 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 4. O Salmensuu vs P Paldanius   1-0 40 1995 Tampere op C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 5. O Salmensuu vs P Lehtivaara   1-0 59 1995 Ch Finland team 1994 C30 King's Gambit Declined 6. O Salmensuu vs T Vaatainen   1-0 59 1996 Ch Helsinki C34 King's Gambit Accepted 7. O Salmensuu vs I Berzinsh   1-0 36 1996 Tallinn C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 8. P Mai vs O Salmensuu   0-1 30 1996 EU-ch U18 C33 King's Gambit Accepted 9. O Salmensuu vs V Belov   1-0 65 1997 Karsten Kold op A16 English 10. O Salmensuu vs Z Varga   ½-½ 10 1997 It a C34 King's Gambit Accepted 11. O Salmensuu vs Timman 0-1 40 1997 Copenhagen A21 English 12. H Danielsen vs O Salmensuu 1-0 32 1997 Koge A03 Bird's Opening 13. Nisipeanu vs O Salmensuu   1-0 39 1998 Elista ol (Men) B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 14. O Salmensuu vs Yurtaev   1-0 52 1998 Elista ol (Men) C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 15. O Salmensuu vs S Williams   ½-½ 59 1998 Wch U20 C18 French, Winawer 16. O Salmensuu vs P Cramling   ½-½ 57 1998 Rilton Cup B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 17. Hector vs O Salmensuu   1-0 29 1998 Rilton Cup B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 18. O Salmensuu vs C Horvath   0-1 71 1999 Match, Budapest (Hungary) B30 Sicilian 19. C Horvath vs O Salmensuu   1-0 38 1999 Match, Budapest (Hungary) A52 Budapest Gambit 20. O Salmensuu vs C Horvath   ½-½ 18 1999 Match, Budapest (Hungary) B30 Sicilian 21. O Salmensuu vs C Horvath 0-1 12 1999 Match, Budapest (Hungary) B30 Sicilian 22. O Salmensuu vs B Lalic 1-0 37 1999 Groningen, NED C00 French Defense 23. C Horvath vs O Salmensuu   1-0 33 1999 Match, Budapest (Hungary) A59 Benko Gambit 24. O Salmensuu vs M Welin 0-1 27 1999 Rilton cup C34 King's Gambit Accepted 25. O Salmensuu vs M I Sorokin   ½-½ 33 1999 Anibal Open C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 135

Aug-27-09    whiteshark: <Olli Salmensuu> Birthdate 9-10-1978 Nationality FIN Elo (01-07-2009) IM 2395 He won the Finnish Championship in 1999 and was runner-up in 1998, 2001 and 2002. Oct-09-13    BIDMONFA: Olli Salmensuu SALMENSUU, Olli http://www.bidmonfa.com/salmensuu_o... _ Oct-09-13    paavoh: I had forgotten about him, one of the promising Finnish players in the 1990's. Oct-09-13    Kikoman: <Player of the Day> Happy 35th birthday IM Olli Salmensuu! :D Oct-09-13    Penguincw: Happy Birthday to the POTD: Olli Salmensuu. Oct-09-14    NightKnight: Ahem, 36th if I count correctly. Oct-09-14    waustad: His last rated games were in 2005. A search on his name got an ICC page where he seems to have given up chess in 2005 and become very religious. Oct-09-19    paavoh: He seems to have worked (at least in 2017) for a member of the Finnish parliament.

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