The chess games of Ferdinand Hellers

Ferdinand Hellers
Number of games in database: 199
Years covered: 1984 to 2001
Last FIDE rating: 2599
Highest rating achieved in database: 2605
Overall record: +49 -51 =99 (49.5%)*
   * 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 (35)
    B90 B62 B32 B33 B46
Ruy Lopez (20)
    C96 C60 C92 C78 C67
French Defense (20)
    C11 C07 C18 C10 C05
French (10)
    C11 C10
Ruy Lopez, Closed (9)
    C96 C92 C99 C95
Sicilian Najdorf (9)
    B90 B96 B99 B93

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (30)
    B90 B50 B91 B81 B82
King's Indian (21)
    E97 E98 E99 E63 E92
Sicilian Najdorf (11)
    B90 B91 B99
Grunfeld (9)
    D85 D91 D71 D78 D87
Queen's Indian (5)
    E15 E12
Sicilian Scheveningen (5)
    B81 B82 B84

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   F Hellers vs Kupreichik, 1988 1-0
   F Hellers vs DeFirmian, 1989 1/2-1/2
   F Hellers vs Ivanchuk, 1984 1/2-1/2
   F Hellers vs Piket, 1985 1-0

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FERDINAND HELLERS (born Jan-28-1969) Sweden	[what is this?]
Ferdinand Hellers was born in Stockholm. He was European Junior Champion in 1984-85 and awarded the IM title in 1985. He was awarded the GM title in 1988.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Piket vs F Hellers	½-½	28	1984	Groningen	E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
2. Blatny vs F Hellers	0-1	68	1984	EU-ch U20	B25 Sicilian, Closed
3. F Hellers vs Ivanchuk	½-½	30	1984	Champigny	B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
4. F Hellers vs B Jacobsen	1-0	20	1984	Groningen	C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
5. F Hellers vs Piket	1-0	29	1985	Amsterdam	B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
6. F Hellers vs Z Klaric	1-0	26	1985	Amsterdam II	C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
7. F Hellers vs Zsuzsa Polgar	½-½	36	1985	Amsterdam	B33 Sicilian
8. Kudrin vs F Hellers	½-½	24	1985	Amsterdam (Netherlands)	B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
9. F Hellers vs T Ernst	1-0	81	1985	SWE-ch Uppsala	C39 King's Gambit Accepted
10. F Hellers vs Vaganian	0-1	45	1986	Amsterdam OHRA	C16 French, Winawer
11. Van der Wiel vs F Hellers	½-½	22	1986	Amsterdam OHRA	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
12. F Hellers vs H Ree	½-½	27	1986	Wijk aan Zee	C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
13. F Hellers vs Ljubojevic	½-½	71	1986	Amsterdam 42/252	B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
14. F Hellers vs DeFirmian	1-0	41	1986	Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
15. T Ernst vs F Hellers	½-½	56	1986	London	B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
16. F Hellers vs Seirawan	½-½	61	1986	Wijk aan Zee	B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
17. Vaganian vs F Hellers	½-½	21	1986	Amsterdam OHRA	E12 Queen's Indian
18. F Hellers vs Van der Wiel	0-1	46	1986	Amsterdam 42/232	B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
19. F Hellers vs Huebner	0-1	44	1986	Wijk aan Zee	C07 French, Tarrasch
20. Granda-Zuniga vs F Hellers	½-½	42	1986	Gausdal	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
21. P Nikolic vs F Hellers	½-½	75	1986	Wijk aan Zee	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
22. F Hellers vs J M Hodgson	½-½	18	1986	Wijk aan Zee	B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
23. Hort vs F Hellers	1-0	35	1986	Wijk aan Zee	E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
24. Van der Sterren vs F Hellers	1-0	40	1986	Wijk aan Zee	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
25. Ljubojevic vs F Hellers	1-0	41	1986	Wijk aan Zee	B50 Sicilian


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Jun-28-04		Tigran Petrosian: Where is this guy? He seemed to be pretty promising.

Jun-28-04		acirce: He was. About top-40 or top-50 in the world at his best I think.

Jun-28-04		Tigran Petrosian: And he left us with some good games too. But what happned to him?

Jun-28-04		acirce: I think he has been playing a little, although no ELO rated games. He's just been giving priority to juridics studies and family life I think. Check http://www.schackcentralen.com/nyhe... - you probably don't know the language but there is a quite recent game of his a bit down on the page

Jun-28-04		Tigran Petrosian: Thanks.

Jan-02-05		Benzol: Ferdinand Hellers Born 28th January 1969 in Stockholm An IM in 1985 he also won the European junior championship 1984-85.

May-07-05		WannaBe: Maybe Hellers and Lord should play. 8-)

May-07-05		WTHarvey: Here's a link to some diagrams of crucial positions in Ferdinand's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/hell.html

May-07-05		babakova: I saw Hellers in a TV programme playing some supposed swedish wunderkind, alas we never got to see the game itself which Hellers by the way won.

Jan-28-06		BIDMONFA: Ferdinand Hellers HELLERS, Ferdinand http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_... _

Jan-03-07		BIDMONFA: Ferdinand Hellers HELLERS, Ferdinand New link http://www.bidmonfa.com/hellers_fer... _

Apr-18-07		Plato: Examining past results of the Sigeman Chess Tournament (which is to start soon), it looks like Hellers was the hero of that competition... He played in it three times and won all three!

Jul-18-07		Quagmire: Ferdinand Hellers played a couple of games in the Swedish league last season. He played the last four rounds and scored 2/4 points. His rating change was -6 and Hellers now has a rating of 2599. Hellers should also be Sweden's highest rated player since he became active. But in Fide's ratinglists Hellers is still listed as an inactive player.

Jan-28-09		WhiteRook48: chessgames should upload his picture

Jan-21-10		Kingkris: Here is what he�s doing nowadays: http://www.nova.se/en/employees.php

May-05-10		samikd: He is Anand's second before the later's match with Dreev. Here's what I found from http://business.outlookindia.com/ar... <�I worked with Ferdinand Hellers. We were playing in junior events together and we got along well.� GM Hellers says: �Anand is a very pleasant person to work with. It�s very tough, but also very rewarding, as he is such a strong player.� Although Dreev had three seconds, Anand won. The match saw many opening novelties from both sides. Says Anand: �Ferdinand was a big help�the key was that we enjoyed the work.� Confesses Hellers: �As a Swede, I found the heat trying. I was very tired at the end.�> <When asked about the psychological aspects of the match with Dreev, GM Hellers is tight-lipped even after nearly two decades. �It would be disloyal of me to comment as my views might in some way help Topalov,� he says.>

Jan-28-12		Penguincw: Happy Birthday GM Hellers!

Jan-28-12		Xeroxx: Hello Ferdinand

Jan-28-12		jurado96: he is under a rock now

May-21-12		GrahamClayton: Here is a brilliant Hellers victory that I have just uploaded to the database: [Event "it"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ferdinand Hellers"] [Black "Bo Jacobsen"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. d2 c6 4. gf3 f6 5. e5 d7 6. d3 f6 7. g5 fxg5 8. h5+ g6 9. xg6+ hxg6 10. xg6+ e7 11. e4 dxe5 12. dxe5 xe5 13. f6+ d7 14. xe5 dxe4 15. xg5 e8 16. O-O-O+ d6 17. b5+ c6 click for larger view 18. xd6+ xd6 19. d1+ c7 20. f4+ 1-0 Source: Nick de Firmian, �Batsford�s Modern Chess Openings�, Fifteenth Edition, Batsford Chess, London, 2009, p. 241

Jan-28-13		talisman: happy birthday.

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