The chess games of Aarne Ilmari Niemela

Aarne Ilmari Niemela
Number of games in database: 53
Years covered: 1934 to 1964
Overall record: +11 -27 =15 (34.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit (3 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (3 games)
E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 (2 games)
A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (2 games)
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (2 games)
E70 King's Indian (2 games)
E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation (2 games)
E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 (2 games)
E83 King's Indian, Samisch (2 games)
C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (2 games)

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AARNE ILMARI NIEMELA (born Sep-16-1907, died Nov-12-1975) Finland	[what is this?]
Aarne Ilmari Niemela was born on the 16th of September 1907 in Miehikkala, Finland. He was Finnish champion in 1948 and passed away in Helsinki in 1975.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. R Krogius vs A Niemela	1-0	18	1934	Loviisa	D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. A Niemela vs Book	1-0	22	1934	Helsinki	C55 Two Knights Defense
3. E Rojahn vs A Niemela	0-1	29	1948	Saltsjobaden tt	E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
4. A Niemela vs Rellstab	½-½	34	1950	Dubrovnik olm	D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. A Niemela vs M Zapata Vinces	1-0	26	1950	Dubrovnik olm	D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. A Niemela vs M Kupferstich	0-1	41	1950	Dubrovnik olm	A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
7. T Panagopoulos vs A Niemela	½-½	56	1950	Dubrovnik olm	D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
8. Guimard vs A Niemela	½-½	37	1950	Dubrovnik olm	D05 Queen's Pawn Game
9. A Bergqvist vs A Niemela	1-0	48	1950	Dubrovnik olm	D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. A Niemela vs P Trifunovic	0-1	39	1950	Dubrovnik olm	A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
11. A Niemela vs A M Giustolisi	1-0	44	1950	Dubrovnik olm	E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
12. Morcken vs A Niemela	½-½	102	1950	Dubrovnik olm	D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
13. A Niemela vs J H Donner	1-0	30	1950	Dubrovnik olm	E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
14. A Niemela vs Geller	0-1	31	1952	Helsinki	E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
15. A Niemela vs A Prameshuber	0-1	42	1956	Moscow ol (Men) fin-B	D55 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. A Niemela vs T Venkatraman	1-0	32	1956	Moscow (ol)	E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3
17. A Niemela vs A Beni	½-½	26	1957	Zonal tournament, Sofia	E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
18. N Karaklajic vs A Niemela	1-0	71	1957	Zonal tournament, Sofia	C78 Ruy Lopez
19. A Niemela vs A Matanovic	0-1	41	1957	Zonal tournament, Sofia	E41 Nimzo-Indian
20. G Szilagyi vs A Niemela	1-0	32	1957	Zonal tournament, Sofia	D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
21. A Niemela vs Sliwa	½-½	28	1957	Zonal tournament, Sofia	E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation
22. R Fuchs vs A Niemela	½-½	23	1957	Zonal tournament, Sofia	E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
23. O Neikirch vs A Niemela	1-0	38	1957	Zonal tournament, Sofia	D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. A Niemela vs G Barcza	1-0	52	1957	Zonal tournament, Sofia	E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
25. F Zita vs A Niemela	1-0	44	1957	Zonal tournament, Sofia	A06 Reti Opening


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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		SwitchingQuylthulg: Some puzzles from his games: A pretty easy one he wins to begin with. click for larger view Lignell-Niemel�, 1943. Black to play and win immediately. Another not too complicated one, where he loses: click for larger view Niemel�-Keto, 1959. Black to play. Finally, a pleasing but very tricky one where he's on the receiving end: click for larger view 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		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 hy�kk�yspelaajana pidetty <Ilmari Niemel�> (1907-1975) osallistui shakin SM-kilpailuun 21 kertaa - useammin kuin kukaan muu t�h�n menness�. H�n voitti ainoan mestaruutensa osallistuttuaan ensimm�isen kerran vuonna 1948. Sen j�lkeen menestys oli vaihtelevaa. Olympialaisissa Niemel� edusti Suomea seitsem�sti: 1950 Dubrovnikissa, 1952 Helsingiss�, 1956 Moskovassa, 1960 Leipzigissa, 1962 Varnassa, 1964 Tel Avivissa ja 1966 Havannassa. Photo: http://tinyurl.com/3js6uo Join the discussion (Ilmari Niemel� - Eero E. B��k, 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! Hyv�� p�iv�njatkoa :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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D83		Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit (3 games)
D35		Queen's Gambit Declined (3 games)
E47		Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 (2 games)
A54		Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 (2 games)
E81		King's Indian, Samisch (2 games)
E70		King's Indian (2 games)
E80		King's Indian, Samisch Variation (2 games)
E58		Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 (2 games)
E83		King's Indian, Samisch (2 games)
C62		Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense (2 games)