Johan Hellsten

Johan Hellsten
Full name Johan Hellsten
Country  Sweden
Born (1975-12-25) 25 December 1975
Sweden
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2550 (April 2016)
Peak rating 2592 (October 2006)

Johan Hellsten (born 25 December 1975) is a Swedish chess grandmaster (2004).

In 2006, he won the Swedish Chess Championship.[1] He played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 2004 and 2006[2] and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1997, 2003 and 2005.[3] He tied for second–sixth with Laurent Fressinet, Vladimir Baklan, Robert Fontaine and Erik Van den Doel in the Abihome Open 2000[4] and tied for first with Dmitry Svetushkin and Marcin Szymanski in the Ikaros Chess Festival 2003.[5]

In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him Sweden's number seven.

Bibliography

References

  1. "Svenska mästare". Swedish Chess Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  2. Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Johan Hellsten". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  3. Bartelski, Wojciech. "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Johan Hellsten". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  4. Crowther, Mark (2000-10-09). "TWIC 309: Abihome Open 2000". London Chess Center. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  5. Crowther, Mark (2003-07-28). "TWIC455: Ikaros Chess Festival". London Chess Center. Retrieved 27 November 2009.

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