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Tonu Oim
T Oim 
 

Number of games in database: 190
Years covered: 1961 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2330
Highest rating achieved in database: 2332
Overall record: +60 -46 =84 (53.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (41) 
    B77 B95 B33 B93 B83
 Ruy Lopez (26) 
    C92 C89 C95 C73 C94
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (17) 
    C92 C89 C95 C96 C94
 Sicilian Dragon (11) 
    B77 B76 B36 B39 B75
 Sicilian Najdorf (7) 
    B93 B95 B90
 French Defense (7) 
    C07 C05 C15 C09
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (29) 
    C85 C64 C69 C88 C89
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (12) 
    C85 C88 C89 C95 C98
 Ruy Lopez Exchange (8) 
    C85 C69 C68
 Grunfeld (8) 
    D97 D85 D82 D83 D87
 Slav (7) 
    D12 D10 D11 D15
 Scotch Game (5) 
    C45
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   T Oim vs J Sloth, 2001 1-0
   T Oim vs G Sanakoev, 2001 1-0
   J Aldrete Lobo vs T Oim, 1998 0-1
   G Sanakoev vs T Oim, 1994 0-1
   T Oim vs L Kristol, 1994 1-0
   T Oim vs G Porreca, 1977 1-0
   T Oim vs W Stern, 1977 1-0
   T Oim vs A I Mikhailov, 1977 1-0
   T Oim vs J S Morgado, 1994 1-0
   P A Boll vs T Oim, 1994 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Parnu (1971)
   Baltic Republics Championship (1961)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   14th Correspondence Chess World Championship by crawfb5
   1977-83 World correspondence chess championship by gauer
   14th Correspondence Chess World Championship by Sleeping kitten
   Winning With 1. e4 .. Modern Lines & Great Games by KERESOV

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TONU OIM
(born Jun-16-1941, 83 years old) Estonia

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Tonu Oim was born in Tallinn, Estonia (formerly USSR). Awarded the IMC title in 1976 and the GMC title in 1981, he won the World Correspondence Chess Title twice, in 1983 and 1999. FIDE spelling: Iym.

Wikipedia article: Tõnu Õim

Last updated: 2024-10-07 08:48:34

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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Klavins vs T Oim  0-1621961Baltic Republics ChampionshipC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
2. I Nei vs T Oim 1-0351961Baltic Republics ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
3. Koblents vs T Oim  1-0291961Baltic Republics ChampionshipD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
4. T Oim vs A Arulaid  0-1301961Estonian ChampionshipC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
5. T Oim vs H Karner  1-0271961Estonian ChampionshipB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
6. A Blagidze vs T Oim  0-1311961Baltic Republics ChampionshipD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
7. J Randviir vs T Oim  ½-½121961Baltic Republics ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
8. T Oim vs I Vistaneckis  ½-½491961Baltic Republics ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
9. T Oim vs A Buslaev  ½-½201961Baltic Republics ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
10. T Oim vs A Petersons  0-1411961Baltic Republics ChampionshipB44 Sicilian
11. D Dzhanoev vs T Oim  1-0431961Baltic Republics ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
12. T Oim vs V Mikenas  ½-½411961Baltic Republics ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
13. T Oim vs J Ludolph  ½-½151961Baltic Republics ChampionshipC73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
14. T Oim vs L Maslov  0-1401961Baltic Republics ChampionshipC49 Four Knights
15. T Oim vs D Lapienis  ½-½161961Baltic Republics ChampionshipB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
16. T Oim vs I Zilber  0-1331961Baltic Republics ChampionshipB44 Sicilian
17. T Lomaia vs T Oim  ½-½681961Baltic Republics ChampionshipE81 King's Indian, Samisch
18. T Oim vs I Nei  0-1171962Estonian ChampionshipC15 French, Winawer
19. H Pohla vs T Oim  1-0401966EST-chE18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
20. T Oim vs A Suslovs  1-0371967Latvian ChampionshipC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
21. T Oim vs V Zhuravliov  ½-½291967Latvian ChampionshipC74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
22. T Oim vs E Gik 1-0361967USSR ChampionshipB75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
23. T Oim vs M Shereshevsky 0-1331967USSR ChampionshipB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
24. Stein vs T Oim  1-0501971ParnuC98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
25. T Oim vs H Karner  ½-½471971ParnuE15 Queen's Indian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-02-04  shr0pshire: The 14th World Champion of Correspondence Chess!

XV 1996-02 Gert Timmerman Netherlands
XIV 1994-99 Tonu Oim Estonia
XIII 1989-98 Mikhail Umansky Russia
XII 1984-90 Grigory Sanakoev USSR
XI 1981-87 Fritz Baumbach East Germany
X 1978-84 Victor Palciauskas USA
IX 1977-83 Tonu Oim USSR (Estonia)
VIII 1975-80 Jorn Sloth Denmark
VII 1972-76 Jakov Estrin USSR
VI 1968-71 Horst Rittner East Germany
V 1965-68 Hans Berliner USA
IV 1962-65 Vladimir Zagorovsky USSR
III 1959-62 Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Belgium
II 1956-59 Viacheslav Ragozin USSR
I 1950-53 Cecil (C.J.S.) Purdy Australia

Jun-17-04  weirdoid: Why did their reigns overlap?
For instance, according to the table, in 1997, Umansky, Oim, ans Timmerman were all world champs.
Jun-18-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: It probably depends on how long it takes to complete the tournaments.
Dec-19-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Tonu Oim born 16th June 1941 in Tallinn Estonia is the only man to have won the WCC championship twice (though V Zagorovsky came close) in 1983 and 1999. He became a CIM in 1976 and got the CGM title in 1981.
Jun-16-06  BIDMONFA: Tonu Oim

OIM, Tonu
http://www.bidmonfa.com/oim_tonu.htm
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Jun-16-07  BIDMONFA: Tonu Oim

YIM, Tonu
New link
http://www.bidmonfa.com/yim_tonu.htm
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Sep-11-07  centercounter: I was fortunate enough to play him in a simul (realtime, not correspondence). ICGM Oim preceded the simul with a very informative lecture (perhaps more so than OTB GMs as correspondence players look deeper into their games).

He took part in an OTB event at our club the following week. For someone who can be described as a legend, he was so very down-to-earth and friendly to everyone.

I hope he is still doing well. In a world with so many elite players behaving badly, Tony (his nickname in the US) is uniquely refreshing.

Aug-16-08  myschkin: . . .
Õim spielte siegreich Nahschach vor seiner Fernschachkarriere. 1959 wurde er Estlands Jugendmeister, 1967 nahm er an der 35. UdSSR-Meisterschaft teil und schlug unter anderem Ex-Weltmeister Michail Tal und Lew Polugajewski.
Aug-16-08  whiteshark: Bio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B...
Jun-16-10  SufferingBruin: Happy Birthday, Tonu. To both of us, for that matter.
Jun-16-14  BIDMONFA: Tonu Oim

IYM, Tonu
http://www.bidmonfa.com/iym_tonu.htm
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Oct-24-14  ljfyffe: "He was gold medal winner at the ICCF Olympaid XI in the team of the USSR and he won the Axelson Memorial, known as the Tournament of the Stars (1984/93)." ICCF Gold 2002
Oct-15-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gottschalk: Best ICCF rating 2617

https://www.iccf.com/player?id=9300...

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