Yrjo A Rantanen
Number of games in database: 141
Years covered: 1962 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2366
Highest rating achieved in database: 2465
Overall record: +39 -65 =37 (40.8%)*
   * 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 (27)      B93 B82 B83 B56 B96  Sicilian Najdorf (9)      B93 B96 B99 B95  French Defense (8)      C18 C17 C12 C19 C16  Sicilian Scheveningen (7)      B82 B83 B85  Ruy Lopez (7)      C91 C88 C60 C72  Ruy Lopez, Closed (5)      C91 C88	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (19)      B22 B38 B51 B27 B42  Ruy Lopez (9)      C68 C75 C70 C60 C64  King's Indian (7)      E81 E90 E96 E62 E60  English (5)      A10 A19 A13  Sicilian Dragon (5)      B38 B37 B74 B70  Reti System (5)      A04

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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 6; games 1-25 of 141  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Parma vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 45 1962 Olympiad B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 2. Hernandez vs Y Rantanen   1-0 20 1972 Skopje E81 King's Indian, Samisch 3. Savon vs Y Rantanen   1-0 41 1972 Skopje ol (Men) prel E60 King's Indian Defense 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. Y Rantanen vs Lombardy   0-1 31 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) C57 Two Knights 15. Hort vs Y Rantanen   1-0 19 1975 Tallinn D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. Y Rantanen vs Keres   0-1 23 1975 Tallinn C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. Bronstein vs Y Rantanen   1-0 34 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) E08 Catalan, Closed 18. I Nei vs Y Rantanen   1-0 35 1975 Tallinn A35 English, Symmetrical 19. Taimanov vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 46 1975 Tallinn D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Y Rantanen vs Gipslis   ½-½ 49 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 21. Spassky vs Y Rantanen   1-0 48 1975 Tallinn (Estonia) B42 Sicilian, Kan 22. Sosonko vs Y Rantanen   1-0 26 1976 Haifa olm D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. Schussler vs Y Rantanen 1-0 31 1977 Stockholm C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 24. Sosonko vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 22 1978 Buenos Aires olm A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 25. Larry Evans vs Y Rantanen   ½-½ 68 1978 Lloyds Bank C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 141

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