Yrjo A Rantanen
Number of games in database: 161
Years covered: 1962 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2355
Highest rating achieved in database: 2465
Overall record: +49 -71 =41 (43.2%)*
   * 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 (30)      B93 B82 B42 B83 B95  Sicilian Najdorf (11)      B93 B95 B99 B90 B96  French Defense (9)      C18 C16 C10 C17 C00  Sicilian Scheveningen (7)      B82 B83 B85  Ruy Lopez (7)      C91 C84 C72 C60  Caro-Kann (7)      B14 B13 B15	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (23)      B27 B22 B51 B42 B38  Ruy Lopez (9)      C68 C75 C64 C84 C70  King's Indian (7)      E81 E62 E90 E96 E60  Sicilian Dragon (6)      B38 B74 B37 B70 B76  Queen's Gambit Accepted (6)      D20 D27 D21 D23  English (5)      A10 A13 A19

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YRJO A RANTANEN (born Apr-23-1950) Finland [what is this?] Yrjo Aukusti Rantanen was born on the 23rd April 1950 in Tampere, Finland. Awarded the IM title in 1977 and the GM title in 1981 he won the Finnish Championship in 1976 (jointly) and 1978. In tournaments he was 3rd at Helsinki 1981 and 1st at Jarvenpaa in 1982.

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 161  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Parma vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 45 1962 Olympiad B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 2. Savon vs Y Rantanen   1-0 41 1972 Skopje ol (Men) prel E60 King's Indian Defense 3. Hernandez vs Y Rantanen   1-0 20 1972 Skopje E81 King's Indian, Samisch 4. Y Rantanen vs B Denman   1-0 20 1972 Skopje B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 5. B Jansson vs Y Rantanen   1-0 13 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 6. Y Rantanen vs T Wibe   0-1 29 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT B06 Robatsch 7. M Christoph vs Y Rantanen   0-1 72 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT A07 King's Indian Attack 8. I Johannsson vs Y Rantanen   1-0 50 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT A04 Reti Opening 9. Y Rantanen vs S Fedder   0-1 40 1973 Ribe 6 Nations chT B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. E Kristiansen vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 44 1974 Radio Match B42 Sicilian, Kan 11. Y Rantanen vs Reshevsky   0-1 24 1974 Olympiad (Finals) B89 Sicilian 12. Y Rantanen vs R Lontoc   1-0 74 1974 Nice ol (Men) fin-A B15 Caro-Kann 13. Y Rantanen vs I Bilek   0-1 21 1974 Olympiad B06 Robatsch 14. Taimanov vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 46 1975 Tallinn D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. D Marovic vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 44 1975 Tallinn D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 16. I Nei vs Y Rantanen   1-0 35 1975 Tallinn A35 English, Symmetrical 17. Spassky vs Y Rantanen   1-0 48 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) B42 Sicilian, Kan 18. Hort vs Y Rantanen   1-0 19 1975 Tallinn D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Y Rantanen vs Lombardy   0-1 31 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) C57 Two Knights 20. Y Rantanen vs L Espig   0-1 43 1975 Tallinn A55 Old Indian, Main line 21. Bronstein vs Y Rantanen   1-0 34 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) E08 Catalan, Closed 22. Y Rantanen vs Keres   0-1 23 1975 Tallinn C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. L Lengyel vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 17 1975 Tallinn A34 English, Symmetrical 24. Y Rantanen vs Gipslis   ½-½ 49 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 25. Sosonko vs Y Rantanen   1-0 26 1976 Haifa olm D30 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 161

Apr-23-06    BIDMONFA: Yrjo A Rantanen RANTANEN, Yrjo A. http://www.bidmonfa.com/rantanen_yr... _ Feb-02-09    cruiseyleemorph: Not that relevant but this guy has the lowest bullet and blitz rating of any GM on ICC. Interesting stat anyway. His handle is Rahjus. Apr-23-09    WhiteRook48: Hello, and happy birthday... Mr...Who?

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