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Kimmo Valkesalmi

Number of games in database: 200
Years covered: 1978 to 2001
Last FIDE rating: 2367 (2278 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2373
Overall record: +53 -44 =102 (52.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (32) 
    B22 B21 B40 B50 B51
 King's Indian Attack (16) 
    A07
 French Defense (10) 
    C02 C01
 English (8) 
    A15 A10 A14 A12 A13
 Reti System (7) 
    A04 A05 A06
 Uncommon Opening (4) 
    A00
With the Black pieces:
 Slav (13) 
    D10 D15 D16 D11 D14
 Ruy Lopez (12) 
    C95 C68 C92 C91 C75
 Petrov (8) 
    C42
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (7) 
    C95 C92 C91 C99
 Sicilian (7) 
    B22 B52 B92 B21 B50
 Uncommon Opening (6) 
    B00 A00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Petursson vs K Valkesalmi, 1987 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Finnish Championship (1988)
   Finnish Championship (2000)
   Finnish Championship (1986)
   World Youth U26 Team Championship qual-2 (1985)
   European Junior Championship 1978/79 (1978)
   Finnish Championship (1990)
   Finnish Chess Federation Tournament (1990)
   World Junior Championship (1980)
   World Youth U26 Team Championship (1981)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)

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KIMMO VALKESALMI
(born May-01-1961, 64 years old) Finland

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He is an IM.

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 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 207  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Cramling vs K Valkesalmi  ½-½591978European Junior Championship 1978/79D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
2. K Valkesalmi vs L Arnold  1-0501978European Junior Championship 1978/79B97 Sicilian, Najdorf
3. A McCarthy vs K Valkesalmi  ½-½631978European Junior Championship 1978/79B22 Sicilian, Alapin
4. K Valkesalmi vs A Muir  ½-½381978European Junior Championship 1978/79B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
5. E Pedersen vs K Valkesalmi  1-0331978European Junior Championship 1978/79B27 Sicilian
6. K Valkesalmi vs B Neuenschwander  1-0341978European Junior Championship 1978/79B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
7. K Valkesalmi vs Petursson  1-0311978European Junior Championship 1978/79C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
8. F X Mateu vs K Valkesalmi  0-1301978European Junior Championship 1978/79B01 Scandinavian
9. K Valkesalmi vs Dolmatov  ½-½241978European Junior Championship 1978/79C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
10. K Valkesalmi vs Plaskett  0-1271979European Junior Championship 1978/79B30 Sicilian
11. P Nikolic vs K Valkesalmi  1-0351979European Junior Championship 1978/79D90 Grunfeld
12. K Valkesalmi vs T Karolyi  ½-½161979European Junior Championship 1978/79A07 King's Indian Attack
13. M Hawelko vs K Valkesalmi  0-1691979European Junior Championship 1978/79D85 Grunfeld
14. Seirawan vs K Valkesalmi  1-0341979World Junior ChampionshipA36 English
15. K Valkesalmi vs J A Corral Blanco  ½-½421980World Junior ChampionshipB68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7
16. K Valkesalmi vs Benjamin  1-0551980World Junior ChampionshipE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
17. M Santo-Roman vs K Valkesalmi  ½-½311980World Junior ChampionshipB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
18. I Morovic Fernandez vs K Valkesalmi  1-0361980World Junior ChampionshipA47 Queen's Indian
19. P Gerbert vs K Valkesalmi  ½-½181980World Junior ChampionshipB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
20. K Valkesalmi vs K Bischoff  0-1421980World Junior ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
21. M J Tempone vs K Valkesalmi  1-0271980World Junior ChampionshipA15 English
22. K Valkesalmi vs R Balsinde Elias  1-0261980World Junior ChampionshipC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
23. D Weider vs K Valkesalmi  ½-½261980World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
24. K Valkesalmi vs C Valiente  ½-½221980World Junior ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
25. S Atalik vs K Valkesalmi  0-1441980World Junior ChampionshipE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
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