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T Oim 
 
Tonu Oim
Number of games in database: 62
Years covered: 1961 to 2003
Overall record: +24 -17 =21 (55.6%)*
   * 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 (12) 
    B77 B40 B93 B31 B90
 Ruy Lopez (6) 
    C92 C88 C72 C67 C80
 Sicilian Dragon (4) 
    B77 B76
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (14) 
    C77 C78 C72 C68 C70
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (4) 
    C98 C89 C85 C95
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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
   P A Boll vs T Oim, 1994 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   14th Correspondence Chess World Championship by Sleeping kitten

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TONU OIM
(born Jun-16-1941) Estonia

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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.

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 62  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. I Nei vs T Oim  1-035 1961 Palanga Baltic-chA04 Reti Opening
2. Bronstein vs T Oim  1-040 1971 ParnuC77 Ruy Lopez
3. U Tarve vs T Oim  1-031 1971 Parnu itC46 Three Knights
4. T Oim vs I Nei  ½-½15 1971 Parnu itB40 Sicilian
5. H Pohla vs T Oim  1-042 1971 Parnu itC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
6. R Etruk vs T Oim  1-041 1971 Parnu itE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
7. Kivioja Endel vs T Oim  ½-½16 1971 Parnu itC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
8. T Oim vs Keres  0-126 1971 Parnu (23.06.71) Inf12/278C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
9. T Oim vs Tal  0-151 1971 PiarnuA56 Benoni Defense
10. T Oim vs H Karner  ½-½47 1971 Parnu itE15 Queen's Indian
11. T Oim vs Lutikov  1-042 1971 Parnu itB83 Sicilian
12. T Oim vs A Vooremaa  1-044 1971 Parnu itD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. L Stein vs T Oim  1-050 1971 Parnu itC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
14. K Vark vs T Oim  ½-½47 1971 Parnu itD83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit
15. V Heuer vs T Oim 1-030 1972 VilyandyC33 King's Gambit Accepted
16. T Oim vs Tal 0-133 1972 ViljandiC41 Philidor Defense
17. Suetin vs T Oim  0-140 1972 USSRC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
18. F Baumbach vs T Oim  ½-½52 1977 W-ch9 corr7783E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
19. T Oim vs O Miljutin  ½-½42 1977 W-ch9 corr7783B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
20. T Oim vs W Stern  1-030 1977 W-ch9 corr7783B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
21. A Vaisman vs T Oim  ½-½80 1977 W-ch9 corr7783A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
22. T Oim vs G Porreca  1-058 1977 W-ch9 corr7783C67 Ruy Lopez
23. Mallee Ralph vs T Oim  ½-½57 1977 W-ch9 corr7783C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
24. T Oim vs C Sanchez Pouso  ½-½33 1977 W-ch9 corr7783B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
25. T Oim vs A Mikhailov  1-034 1977 W-ch9 corr7783B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-02-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: It probably depends on how long it takes to complete the tournaments.
Dec-19-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
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Jun-16-07   BIDMONFA: Tonu Oim

YIM, Tonu
New link
http://www.bidmonfa.com/yim_tonu.htm
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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.

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