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Toivo Salo (22 January 1909 – 5 April 1981) was a Finnish chess player, three-time Finnish Chess Championship winner (1938, 1949, 1956).

Toivo Salo
Country	Finland
Born	(1909-01-22)January 22, 1909 Helsinki, Finland
Died	April 5, 1981(1981-04-05) (aged 72) Helsinki, Finland

Biography

From the late 1930s to the early 1960s, Toivo Salo was one of Finland's leading chess players. In Finnish Chess Championships he has won three gold (1938, 1949, 1956), five silver (1936, 1937, 1950, 1953, 1957) and bronze (1952) medals.

Toivo Salo played for Finland in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

• In 1935, at reserve board in the 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+1, =3, -3),
• In 1937, at fourth reserve board in the 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+4, =5, -5),
• In 1952, at fourth board in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+2, =3, -4),
• In 1954, at first board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1, =3, -7),
• In 1956, at second board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+2, =4, -8).

Toivo Salo played for Finland in the unofficial Chess Olympiad:[2]

• In 1936, at fourth board in the 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+5, =7, -5).

Toivo Salo played for Finland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[3]

• In 1961, at second board (+1, =2, -1).

References

External links

• Toivo Salo player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Toivo Salo chess games at 365chess.com

На других языках

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[ru] Сало, Тойво

Тойво Сало (фин. Toivo Salo, 22 января 1909, Хельсинки — 5 апреля 1981, там же) — финский шахматист, национальный мастер (1935). Трехкратный победитель (1938, 1949, 1956 гг.) и пятикратный серебряный призер чемпионатов Финляндии . В составе сборной Финляндии участник неофициальной и нескольких официальных шахматных олимпиад.

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