Kaarle Ojanen

Kaarle Sakari Ojanen (born 14 December 1918) is a Finnish chess player. Born in Helsinki in 1918, he became a Finnish National Master in 1938 and was the leading Finnish player after Eero Böök and before Heikki Westerinen. He is best known for outplaying Russian chess grandmaster Paul Keres with the use of the Modern Benoni chess opening..

Ojanen earned the FIDE International Master (IM) title in 1952 and the International Master of Correspondence Chess (IMC) title in 1981.He is the thirteen-time Finnish Champion, winning in 1950, 1951, 1951–2, 1952–3, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1972, and 1983.Ojanen has represented Finland in eleven Chess Olympiads: 1937, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, and 1972 [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/bxb3bv9e.html Ojanen, Kaarle] at olimpbase.com] , playing first board from 1956 until 1968. Westerinen played first board in 1968, 1970, and 1972, with Ojanen playing second.Ojanen won the first board individual bronze medal at Havana 1966. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1966/1966in.html 17th Chess Olympiad: Havana 1966] at olimpbase.com] In international play he placed 4th at Oslo 1939, 3rd of 10 at Helsinki 1946, and 17th at Trenčianske Teplice 1949.

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