Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen (born 27 April 1944) is a
Finnish
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chess
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player, born in
Helsinki
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.
He became a national master at age sixteen, and earned the
FIDE
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titles of
International Master
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in 1967 and
Grandmaster in 1975.
Westerinen won the
Finnish Championship
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in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1970.
He played for the national team in the biennial
Chess Olympiad
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s from 1962 through 1996, and 2006.
Westerinen's best tournament results include third place at Berlin 1971, tie for second place at Oslo 1973, first at Sant Feliu de Guixols 1973, and first at
Dortmund
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1973 and 1975.
His style is described as original and combinative.
[Keene, p. 342]
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1944 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Finnish chess players
Sportspeople from Helsinki