The chess games of Tonu Oim

T Oim

Tonu Oim
Number of games in database: 65
Years covered: 1961 to 2003
Overall record: +25 -19 =21 (54.6%)*
* 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 (13)
    B77 B40 B93 B31 B47
Ruy Lopez (7)
    C92 C88 C72 C95 C67
Sicilian Dragon (5)
    B77 B75 B76
Ruy Lopez, Closed (4)
    C92 C88 C95

With the Black pieces:

Ruy Lopez (14)
    C77 C64 C89 C78 C85
Ruy Lopez, Closed (4)
    C89 C85 C95 C98

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   G Sanakoev vs T Oim, 1994 0-1
   T Oim vs G Sanakoev, 2003 1-0
   T Oim vs J Sloth, 2003 1-0
   T Oim vs L Kristol, 1994 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   14th Correspondence Chess World Championship by Sleeping kitten
   Winning With 1. e4 .. Modern Lines & Great Games by KERESOV

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TONU OIM (born Jun-16-1941) Estonia	[what is this?]
Tonu Oim was born on the 16th of June 1941 in Tallinn, Estonia (formerly USSR). Awarded the IMC title in 1976 and the GMC title in 1981 he is the only man to have won the World Correspondence Chess Title twice, in 1983 and 1999.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. I Nei vs T Oim	1-0	35	1961	Palanga Baltic-ch	A04 Reti Opening
2. H Pohla vs T Oim	1-0	40	1966	EST-ch	E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
3. T Oim vs E Gik	1-0	36	1967	URS-ch35	B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
4. T Oim vs A Vooremaa	1-0	44	1971	Parnu it	D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. K Vark vs T Oim	½-½	47	1971	Parnu it	D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit
6. U Tarve vs T Oim	1-0	31	1971	Parnu it	C46 Three Knights
7. T Oim vs I Nei	½-½	15	1971	Parnu it	B40 Sicilian
8. H Pohla vs T Oim	1-0	42	1971	Parnu it	C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
9. T Oim vs Keres	0-1	26	1971	Parnu (23.06.71) Inf12/278	C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
10. R Etruk vs T Oim	1-0	41	1971	Parnu it	E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
11. T Oim vs Tal	0-1	51	1971	Piarnu	A56 Benoni Defense
12. Kivioja Endel vs T Oim	½-½	16	1971	Parnu it	C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
13. T Oim vs H Karner	½-½	47	1971	Parnu it	E15 Queen's Indian
14. T Oim vs Lutikov	1-0	42	1971	Parnu it	B83 Sicilian
15. Bronstein vs T Oim	1-0	40	1971	Parnu	C77 Ruy Lopez
16. Stein vs T Oim	1-0	50	1971	Parnu it	C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
17. V Heuer vs T Oim	1-0	30	1972	Vilyandy	C33 King's Gambit Accepted
18. T Oim vs Tal	0-1	33	1972	Viljandi	C41 Philidor Defense
19. Suetin vs T Oim	0-1	40	1972	USSR	C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
20. T Oim vs G Porreca	1-0	58	1977	W-ch9 corr7783	C67 Ruy Lopez
21. A Vaisman vs T Oim	½-½	80	1977	W-ch9 corr7783	A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
22. R Mallee vs T Oim	½-½	57	1977	W-ch9 corr7783	C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
23. T Oim vs A Mikhailov	1-0	34	1977	W-ch9 corr7783	B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
24. T Oim vs C Sanchez Pouso	½-½	33	1977	W-ch9 corr7783	B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
25. L Omelchenko vs T Oim	½-½	33	1977	W-ch9 corr7783	C82 Ruy Lopez, Open


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Mar-02-04		shr0pshire: The 14th World Champion of Correspondence Chess! XV 1996-02 Gert Timmerman Netherlands XIV 1994-99 Tonu Oim Estonia XIII 1989-98 Mikhail Umansky Russia XII 1984-90 Grigory Sanakoev USSR XI 1981-87 Fritz Baumbach East Germany X 1978-84 Victor Palciauskas USA IX 1977-83 Tonu Oim USSR (Estonia) VIII 1975-80 Jorn Sloth Denmark VII 1972-76 Jakov Estrin USSR VI 1968-71 Horst Rittner East Germany V 1965-68 Hans Berliner USA IV 1962-65 Vladimir Zagorovsky USSR III 1959-62 Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Belgium II 1956-59 Viacheslav Ragozin USSR I 1950-53 Cecil (C.J.S.) Purdy Australia

Jun-17-04		weirdoid: Why did their reigns overlap? For instance, according to the table, in 1997, Umansky, Oim, ans Timmerman were all world champs.

Jun-18-04		Benzol: It probably depends on how long it takes to complete the tournaments.

Dec-19-04		Benzol: Tonu Oim born 16th June 1941 in Tallinn Estonia is the only man to have won the WCC championship twice (though V Zagorovsky came close) in 1983 and 1999. He became a CIM in 1976 and got the CGM title in 1981.

Jun-16-06		BIDMONFA: Tonu Oim OIM, Tonu http://www.bidmonfa.com/oim_tonu.htm _

Jun-16-07		BIDMONFA: Tonu Oim YIM, Tonu New link http://www.bidmonfa.com/yim_tonu.htm _

Sep-11-07		centercounter: I was fortunate enough to play him in a simul (realtime, not correspondence). ICGM Oim preceded the simul with a very informative lecture (perhaps more so than OTB GMs as correspondence players look deeper into their games). He took part in an OTB event at our club the following week. For someone who can be described as a legend, he was so very down-to-earth and friendly to everyone. I hope he is still doing well. In a world with so many elite players behaving badly, Tony (his nickname in the US) is uniquely refreshing.

Aug-16-08		myschkin: . . . �im spielte siegreich Nahschach vor seiner Fernschachkarriere. 1959 wurde er Estlands Jugendmeister, 1967 nahm er an der 35. UdSSR-Meisterschaft teil und schlug unter anderem Ex-Weltmeister Michail Tal und Lew Polugajewski.

Aug-16-08		whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B... http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B...

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