Johan Hellsten

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Johan Hellsten
Country Sweden
Born (1975-12-25) 25 December 1975 (age 49)
Malmö, Sweden
Title Grandmaster (2004)
FIDE   rating 2550 (March 2025)
Peak rating 2592 (October 2006)

Johan Hellsten (born 25 December 1975) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. He was Swedish Chess Champion in 2006.

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Chess career

Born in 1975, Hellsten earned his international master title in 1995 and his grandmaster title in 2004. [1] In 2006, he won the Swedish Chess Championship. [2] He played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 2004 and 2006 [3] and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1997, 2003 and 2005. [4] He tied for second–sixth with Laurent Fressinet, Vladimir Baklan, Robert Fontaine and Erik van den Doel in the Abihome Open 2000 [5] and tied for first with Dmitry Svetushkin and Marcin Szymanski in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003. [6] As of the July 2020 rating FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him the No. 4 ranked Swedish player, though he is inactive. [1] Hellsten was champion in the chess tournament "Semana Valdiviana", Chile, 2002.

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References

  1. 1 2 Hellsten, Johan FIDE Chess Profile
  2. "Svenska mästare". Swedish Chess Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  3. Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Johan Hellsten". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  4. Bartelski, Wojciech. "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Johan Hellsten". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  5. Crowther, Mark (2000-10-09). "TWIC 309: Abihome Open 2000". London Chess Center. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  6. Crowther, Mark (2003-07-28). "TWIC455: Ikaros Chess Festival". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2009.