Tõnu Õim (born 16 June 1941)[1] is an Estoniangrandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the first to have won the ICCF World Championship twice, in 1983 and 1999.[2] In 1991 he won the Axelson Memorial.[3] In over-the-board play, he was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1966.[4] He does not hold a FIDE title for over-the-board play; however, his peak FIDE rating of 2410 indicates a player of International Master strength.[5]
Tonu Oim vs. Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev, 50th World Champions Jubilee Tournament 2003, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack (B90), 1–0
Tonu Oim vs. Juan Sebastian Morgado, 14th CC World Ch Final 1994, Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation. Accepted (C47), 1–0
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^ ab"ÕIM, TÕNU". ESBL. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
^WC14/F, World Championship 14 Final, www.iccf.com
tõnu, Õim, born, june, 1941, estonian, grandmaster, correspondence, chess, most, famous, being, first, have, iccf, world, championship, twice, 1983, 1999, 1991, axelson, memorial, over, board, play, awarded, soviet, master, title, 1966, does, hold, fide, title. Tonu Oim born 16 June 1941 1 is an Estonian grandmaster of correspondence chess most famous for being the first to have won the ICCF World Championship twice in 1983 and 1999 2 In 1991 he won the Axelson Memorial 3 In over the board play he was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1966 4 He does not hold a FIDE title for over the board play however his peak FIDE rating of 2410 indicates a player of International Master strength 5 Tonu OimCountrySoviet UnionEstoniaBorn 1941 06 16 16 June 1941 age 81 Raasiku Estonia 1 TitleICCF Grandmaster 1981 ICCF World Champion1977 1983 1994 1999FIDE rating2330 December 2013 Peak rating2410 July 1994 ICCF rating2581 April 2005 ICCF peak rating2617 April 2000 Contents 1 Notable games 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksNotable games EditTonu Oim vs Grigory Konstantinovich Sanakoev 50th World Champions Jubilee Tournament 2003 Sicilian Defense Najdorf Variation English Attack B90 1 0 Tonu Oim vs Juan Sebastian Morgado 14th CC World Ch Final 1994 Four Knights Game Scotch Variation Accepted C47 1 0Notes Edit a b OIM TONU ESBL Retrieved 19 February 2016 WC14 F World Championship 14 Final www iccf com A E AXELSON MEMORIAL www schack se Anatoly Karpov editor Shakhmaty Entsiklopedichesky Slovar pp 503 04 Moscow 1990 Iym Tonu at olimpbase orgReferences EditHooper David Whyld Kenneth 1996 First pub 1992 The Oxford Companion to Chess 2nd ed Oxford University Press p 277 ISBN 0 19 280049 3 External links EditTonu Oim player details at ICCF Tonu Oim player profile and games at Chessgames com Tonu Iym rating card at FIDEPreceded byJorn Sloth World Correspondence Chess Champion1977 1983 Succeeded byVictor PalciauskasPreceded byMikhail Umansky World Correspondence Chess Champion1994 1999 Succeeded byGert Jan Timmerman This biographical article relating to an Estonian chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tonu Oim amp oldid 1108457065, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
