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Tõnu Õim

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Country
  
Estonia


Name
  
Tonu Oim

Role
  
Chess Player

Tonu Oim wwwchessgamescomportraitstonuoimjpg

Born
  
16 June 1941 (age 82) Tallinn, Estonia (
1941-06-16
)

Title
  
ICCF Grandmaster (1981)

ICCF World Champion
  
1977–83 1994–99

Tõnu Õim (born 16 June 1941 in Raasiku) is an Estonian grandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the first to have won the ICCF World Championship in correspondence chess twice, in 1983 and 1999.

Notable games

  • 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
    • Tõnu Õim httpswwwesbleeadminph2002jpgtapitahedqim

    References

    Tõnu Õim Wikipedia
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