Kari Valtonen | |
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Country | Finland |
Born | April 26, 1954 |
World Champion | World Chess Solving Champion (1984) |
Kari Valtonen (born April 26, 1954) is a Finnish chess problemist.
Valtonen is chess problemist who worked in several genres, including endgame study, helpmate and selfmate. [1] He was one of Finland's chess problem magazine Tehtäväniekka authors. In 1984 in Sarajevo Valtonen won the second individual World Chess Solving Championship. [2] In the same year he gained the title of International Solving Grandmaster. [3] He also is FIDE International Arbiter of Chess Composition. In 2004 Valtonen was the chief judge of chess composition's international tournament in honor of his fifty-year anniversary. [4]
Kari Valtonen | |
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Country | Finland |
Born | April 26, 1954 |
World Champion | World Chess Solving Champion (1984) |
Kari Valtonen (born April 26, 1954) is a Finnish chess problemist.
Valtonen is chess problemist who worked in several genres, including endgame study, helpmate and selfmate. [1] He was one of Finland's chess problem magazine Tehtäväniekka authors. In 1984 in Sarajevo Valtonen won the second individual World Chess Solving Championship. [2] In the same year he gained the title of International Solving Grandmaster. [3] He also is FIDE International Arbiter of Chess Composition. In 2004 Valtonen was the chief judge of chess composition's international tournament in honor of his fifty-year anniversary. [4]