Toivo Salo
Number of games in database: 34
Years covered: 1935 to 1960
Overall record: +6 -19 =9 (30.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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A04		Reti Opening (4 games)
E67		King's Indian, Fianchetto (3 games)
B02		Alekhine's Defense (2 games)
A96		Dutch, Classical Variation (2 games)

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TOIVO SALO (born Jan-22-1909, died Apr-05-1981) Finland [what is this?] Toivo Salo was born on the 22nd of January 1909 in Helsinki, Finland. He was Finnish Champion in 1938, 1949 and 1956 (after a play-off). He passed away in Helsinki in 1981.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 34  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Koenig vs T Salo   1-0 36 1935 Olympiad B58 Sicilian 2. T Salo vs P Rethy   ½-½ 33 1935 Olympiad E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 3. T Salo vs Toma Popa   1-0 63 1935 Olympiad D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. T Salo vs G Danielsson   0-1 29 1937 7th olm final A04 Reti Opening 5. Milner-Barry vs T Salo   1-0 24 1937 7th olm final B02 Alekhine's Defense 6. I Vistaneckis vs T Salo   0-1 27 1937 7th olm final B02 Alekhine's Defense 7. T Salo vs Prins   0-1 33 1937 7th olm final D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 8. O Larsen vs T Salo   0-1 39 1937 7th olm final A46 Queen's Pawn Game 9. T Salo vs R Grau   0-1 43 1937 7th olm final D02 Queen's Pawn Game 10. T Salo vs Y Porat   ½-½ 36 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A07 King's Indian Attack 11. R Byrne vs T Salo   ½-½ 37 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) fin-A D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 12. Sliwa vs T Salo   1-0 33 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) D05 Queen's Pawn Game 13. T Florian vs T Salo   ½-½ 33 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical 14. Bronstein vs T Salo   1-0 56 1952 Helsinki olympiad final D64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 15. T Salo vs I Johansson   0-1 29 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A04 Reti Opening 16. T Salo vs T Sakellaropoulos   1-0 40 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 17. T Salo vs Pilnik   0-1 50 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A04 Reti Opening 18. T Salo vs E Bhend   1-0 41 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 19. F Olafsson vs T Salo   1-0 76 1954 Amsterdam olm E73 King's Indian 20. D Parliaros vs T Salo   ½-½ 23 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 21. T Salo vs J H Donner   0-1 27 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 22. O'Kelly vs T Salo   ½-½ 43 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 23. T Salo vs C Doerner   ½-½ 63 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A04 Reti Opening 24. Yanofsky vs T Salo   1-0 51 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 25. Larsen vs T Salo   1-0 45 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-B D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 34

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