Jorma Vesterinen (11 June 1918 – 20 June 1980)[1] was a Finnish chess player, two-time Finnish Chess Championship medalist (1949, 1950).

Jorma Vesterinen
CountryFinland
Born(1918-06-11)11 June 1918
Died20 June 1980(1980-06-20) (aged 62)

Biography

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From the late 1940s to the mid-1950s, Jorma Vesterinen was one of Finland's leading chess players. In Finnish Chess Championships he has won two bronze (1949, 1950) medals.

Jorma Vesterinen played for Finland in the Chess Olympiad:[2] In 1954, at second board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+3, =10, -5).

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  1. ^ "Jorma Vesterinen 1918 - 1980 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Jorma Vesterinen". www.olimpbase.org.
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