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Ferdinand Hellers
F Hellers 
Photo courtesy of schack.se  

Number of games in database: 521
Years covered: 1984 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2578 (2389 rapid, 2333 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2605
Overall record: +176 -90 =231 (58.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 24 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (99) 
    B81 B32 B44 B90 B62
 Ruy Lopez (54) 
    C92 C60 C67 C89 C63
 French Defense (51) 
    C11 C18 C05 C07 C10
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (26) 
    C92 C89 C96 C99 C84
 French Winawer (18) 
    C18 C19 C16
 French (17) 
    C11 C10 C13
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (72) 
    B90 B22 B84 B93 B51
 King's Indian (45) 
    E97 E63 E66 E82 E98
 Sicilian Najdorf (24) 
    B90 B93 B99 B91 B95
 Grunfeld (18) 
    D85 D86 D78 D91 D82
 Ruy Lopez (15) 
    C89 C68 C77 C99 C84
 Queen's Indian (12) 
    E12 E15
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   F Hellers vs C Hansen, 1997 1-0
   F Hellers vs Polugaevsky, 1989 1-0
   F Hellers vs J Piket, 1985 1-0
   F Hellers vs Z Djukic, 1988 1-0
   F Hellers vs Kupreichik, 1988 1-0
   S Polgar vs F Hellers, 1990 0-1
   F Hellers vs de Firmian, 1989 1/2-1/2
   T Ernst vs F Hellers, 1986 1/2-1/2
   F Hellers vs Van Wely, 1990 1-0
   F Hellers vs Z Klaric, 1985 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   European Junior Championship 1984/85 (1984)
   Compack (1988)
   Amsterdam OHRA (1985)
   Hoogovens Group B (1990)
   Skei Masters (1993)
   Naestved Open (1988)
   Gausdal Zonal (1987)
   Malmo (1994)
   World Junior Championship (1986)
   10th Nordic Cup (1985)
   World Junior Championship (1988)
   New York Open (1993)
   New York Open (1987)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   Novi Sad Olympiad (1990)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-SWE Elitserien
   F Hellers vs J Hector (Mar-09-24) 1-0
   F Hellers vs S Brynell (Aug-22-21) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   F Hellers vs E Agrest (Aug-22-21) 1-0, rapid
   J Westerberg vs F Hellers (Aug-22-21) 0-1, rapid
   F Hellers vs J Hector (Aug-22-21) 0-1, rapid

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FERDINAND HELLERS
(born Jan-28-1969, 56 years old) Sweden

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GM Erik Gustaf Ferdinand Hellers was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was European Junior Champion in 1984-85, awarded the IM title in 1985 and GM title in 1988.

Last updated: 2017-10-12 14:09:54

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 page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 521  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F Hellers vs B Jacobsen 1-0201984GroningenC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
2. J Gdanski vs F Hellers  0-1261984World Championship (U16)B03 Alekhine's Defense
3. F Hellers vs Anand  0-1421984World Championship (U16)B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
4. F Hellers vs Ivanchuk ½-½301984World Championship (U16)B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
5. B Vella vs F Hellers  0-1261984European Junior Championship 1984/85B22 Sicilian, Alapin
6. F Hellers vs J Howell  ½-½261984European Junior Championship 1984/85B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
7. F Hellers vs H Korhonen  1-0131984European Junior Championship 1984/85C34 King's Gambit Accepted
8. J Piket vs F Hellers  ½-½281984European Junior Championship 1984/85E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
9. Blatny vs F Hellers  0-1681984European Junior Championship 1984/85B25 Sicilian, Closed
10. F Hellers vs J de Wit  ½-½401984European Junior Championship 1984/85B97 Sicilian, Najdorf
11. F Hellers vs A Romero Holmes  1-0361984European Junior Championship 1984/85B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
12. K Thorsteins vs F Hellers  ½-½321984European Junior Championship 1984/85E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
13. F Hellers vs Oll  ½-½401984European Junior Championship 1984/85B97 Sicilian, Najdorf
14. Nijboer vs F Hellers  0-1801984European Junior Championship 1984/85B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
15. F Hellers vs K Rasmussen  ½-½171984European Junior Championship 1984/85B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
16. A Ornstein vs F Hellers  ½-½331985Swedish ChampionshipE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
17. A Eriksson vs F Hellers  ½-½471985Swedish ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
18. F Hellers vs T Ernst  1-0811985Swedish ChampionshipC39 King's Gambit Accepted
19. F Hellers vs J Ingbrandt  ½-½391985Swedish ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
20. F Hellers vs R Akesson  0-1561985Swedish ChampionshipB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
21. F Hellers vs B Hammar  ½-½421985Swedish ChampionshipB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
22. F Hellers vs J Hector  ½-½341985Swedish ChampionshipC40 King's Knight Opening
23. N Renman vs F Hellers  ½-½321985Swedish ChampionshipA77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2
24. B Bengtsson vs F Hellers  ½-½341985Swedish ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
25. F Hellers vs J Johansson  ½-½481985Swedish ChampionshipB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Maybe Hellers and Lord should play. 8-)
May-07-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  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_...
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Jan-03-07  BIDMONFA: Ferdinand Hellers

HELLERS, Ferdinand
New link
http://www.bidmonfa.com/hellers_fer...
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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
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy Birthday GM Hellers!
Jan-28-12  Xeroxx: Hello Ferdinand
Jan-28-12  jurado96: he is under a rock now
May-21-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  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


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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.
Jan-28-15  diagonal: Ferdinand Hellers is record winner at the traditional Malmö <Sigeman & Co>, an annual GM invitation tournament (1st edition in 1993, 22nd edition in 2014), amongst others, the winner list is including notables as Korchnoi, Timman, Short, Lautier, Judit Polgar, Ivanchuk, Caruana, Giri, or So.

Hellers who already retired from regular competitive chess in his mid-20s, is the hero of that tournament: He played in it three times and won all three: 1993 the inaugural event, 1994 (joint), and 1997!

Jan-28-15  Aiuta: Did he beat Agdestein in any game(s)?
Jan-28-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, GM Ferdinand Heller!! Anand's second in his match with Dreev.

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