Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen (born 27 April 1944)[1] is a Finnish chess player, born in Helsinki. He became a national master at age sixteen, and earned the FIDE titles of International Master in 1967 and Grandmaster in 1975. Westerinen won the Finnish Championship in 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1970. He played for the national team in the biennial Chess Olympiads from 1962 through 1996, and 2006.[2] 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 1973 and 1975. His style is described as original and combinative.[3]

Heikki Westerinen
Westerinen in Altensteig, 1987
Full name	Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen
Country	Finland
Born	(1944-04-27) 27 April 1944 (age 78) Helsinki, Finland
Title	Grandmaster (1975)
FIDE rating	2246 (January 2022)
Peak rating	2485 (January 1976)

Notes

References

• Brace, Edward R. (1977), An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess, Hamlyn Publishing Group, p. 303, ISBN 1-55521-394-4
• Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 461, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
• Keene, Raymond (1977), "Westerinen, Markku Heikki Julius", in Golombek, Harry (ed.), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 342, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
• Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, pp. 524–525, LCCN 78106371
• Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. 170, ISBN 0-85112-455-0

Further reading

• "New in Chess". May 1985. pp. 44–46. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

External links

• Heikki M.J. Westerinen rating card at FIDE
• Heikki Westerinen player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Heikki Westerinen Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org

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