Kari Tikkanen
Number of games in database: 37
Years covered: 1986 to 2009
Last FIDE rating: 2260
Highest rating achieved in database: 2290
Overall record: +18 -8 =11 (63.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

B17		Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (3 games)
B12		Caro-Kann Defense (2 games)
E32		Nimzo-Indian, Classical (2 games)
D59		Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (2 games)
E90		King's Indian (2 games)
D02		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
A15		English (2 games)
B01		Scandinavian (2 games)
A46		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)

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KARI TIKKANEN (born Oct-22-1956) Finland [what is this?] He is a FIDE master and a GMC.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 37  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Tikkanen vs J Kuczynski   1-0 43 1986 corr Baltic Sea tt-5 D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 2. K Tikkanen vs A Pyhala   1-0 36 1989 ch Finland A80 Dutch 3. K Tikkanen vs Bagirov   ½-½ 33 1995 Heart Of Finland D02 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Bagirov vs K Tikkanen   ½-½ 29 1996 Jyvskyl HOF,It Ope E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 5. K Tikkanen vs R A Redolfi   ½-½ 15 1997 cr Cleeve mem E90 King's Indian 6. R Hiltunen vs K Tikkanen   ½-½ 39 1997 cr Cleeve mem E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 7. K Tikkanen vs A Hollis   ½-½ 32 1997 cr Cleeve mem D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 8. K Tikkanen vs G Ostermann   1-0 48 1997 cr Cleeve mem E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 9. K Tikkanen vs B Zlender   ½-½ 30 1997 cr Cleeve mem D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 10. K Tikkanen vs K E Engel 1-0 27 1997 cr Cleeve mem E70 King's Indian 11. A P Borwell vs K Tikkanen   0-1 39 1998 cr Cleeve mem B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 12. A Kozlowicz vs K Tikkanen   0-1 35 1998 cr Cleeve mem B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 13. K Tikkanen vs F Brglez   1-0 26 1998 cr Cleeve mem D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 14. K Tikkanen vs M Kurtz   1-0 36 1998 cr Cleeve mem E90 King's Indian 15. D Pineault vs K Tikkanen   0-1 19 1998 cr Cleeve mem B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 16. M Nimtz vs K Tikkanen   1-0 34 1998 cr Cleeve mem B12 Caro-Kann Defense 17. T Thomas vs K Tikkanen   0-1 72 1999 cr Cleeve mem B12 Caro-Kann Defense 18. K Tikkanen vs B Zlender   0-1 35 1999 cr Cleeve mem A13 English 19. J DeMauro vs K Tikkanen   ½-½ 50 1999 cr Cleeve mem E00 Queen's Pawn Game 20. J Larsson vs K Tikkanen   0-1 35 2001 Solett Open B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 21. T Gustafsson vs K Tikkanen   0-1 64 2001 Solett Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 22. K Tikkanen vs A Rustemov   0-1 26 2001 Solett Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 23. K Tikkanen vs Per Harila   1-0 33 2001 Solett Open B72 Sicilian, Dragon 24. K Tikkanen vs J Mardell   1-0 41 2001 Solett Open A04 Reti Opening 25. T Lonngren vs K Tikkanen   ½-½ 25 2001 Solett Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 37

Aug-18-09    paavoh: Kari is a CC-GM with an ICCF rating of 2540, check out his games in the Cleeve Memorial. I knew him in the early 80's when we were studying at the university. Jun-06-12    whiteshark: He won the <John F. Cleeve Memorial> (1996-1999?) with 10.5/14 points ahead of Dr. Manfred Nimtz 10.0/14 points. Here's the crosstable http://archive.correspondencechess....

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