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Kari Valtonen (born April 26, 1954) is a Finnish chess problemist.

Biography

Valtonen is chess problemist who worked in several genres, including endgame study, helpmate and selfmate. He was one of Finland's chess problem magazine Tehtäväniekka authors. In 1984 in Sarajevo Valtonen won the second individual World Chess Solving Championship. In the same year he gained the title of International Solving Grandmaster. He also is FIDE International Arbiter of Chess Composition. In 2004 Valtonen was the chief judge of chess composition's international tournament in honor of his fifty-year anniversary.

References

1. "Chess Composers: April 26th". chesscomposers.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
2. Hannu Harkola. "8. WCSC SARAJEVO 22.-23.8.1984". wfcc.ch. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
3. Hannu Harkola. "Solving grandmasters". sci.fi. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
4. "Kari Valtonen 50 JT 2004-6" (PDF). saunalahti.fi. Retrieved 2016-02-10.

External links

• Kari Valtonen chess games at 365Chess.com
• Kari Valtonen problems at the PDB-Server

• 1954 births
• Living people
• Finnish chess players
• International Judges of Chess Compositions
• Chess composers
• International solving grandmasters
• Chess arbiters